Site Event/Activity record ESF22112 - Desk Based Assessment, Cavenham Heath National Nature Reserve Cavenham, Suffolk

The DBA has set the National Nature Reserve within its immediate archaeological landscape. In general the topographic location of the NNR and the known archaeology of the area suggest that there is a moderate to high potential for encountering archaeological remains within the National Nature Reserve, ranging from the Palaeolithic to modern periods, and that such deposits are likely to largely be in a moderate to high state of preservation, but also shallow and highly vulnerable to any change in the landscape. Numerous earthworks of likely mixed but uncertain date are also evident across the National Nature Reserve. It is suggested that further non-intrusive archaeological investigation may be able to further identify and assess the extent, character, density of any archaeological deposits, within the National Nature Reserve, and further define the nature of its earthworks, with a view to supporting the development of a suitable management plan for the National Nature Reserve which considers its heritage assets.