Site Event/Activity record ESF21678 - Monitoring on Anglia Water B1070 Replacement Scheme, East Bergholt

An archaeological watching brief was undertaken for Anglian Water Services Limited ahead of the installation of a replacement water mains pipeline in fields adjacent to the B1070 at East Bergholt. The watching brief completed the archaeological work along the easement route; the previous phases being a fieldwalking survey and archaeological trial trenching. The results from three of the trial trenches suggested that the northern 320m of the easement had the potential to reveal further archaeological features and this area was monitored under archaeological watching brief conditions and is the subject of this report. Monitoring during the watching brief revealed two small pits, observed in the western edge of the pipe cut. These pits though undated appeared to contain burnt flint which suggested that they were of prehistoric date and most likely associated with those found in the northernmost evaluation trench i.e. of Early to Middle Bronze Age date. A fragment of burnt flint was collected from one of the pits and several modern metal finds were found whilst metal-detecting the easement strip. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. EBG041 Contracting Unit No. BAU2810 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: 'Watching Brief' Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Bronze Age Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): BURNT FLINT Uncertain PROJECT LOCATION Area 4800.00 Square metres Grid References: TM07003565 Line, TM06713643 Line PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services Design originator: David Whitmore Director/Manager: David Whitmore Supervisor: Peter Crawley DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: NPS Archaeology Contents: 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Spreadsheets', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Contents: 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Contents: 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Watching Brief on the Anglian Water B1070 Replacement Scheme, East Bergholt, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Crawley, P. Other Bibliographic Details: Report 2810 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: NPS Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Norwich Description: A4 paper, double-sided, colour printed, spiral-bound; PDF