Site Event/Activity record ESF22436 - Evaluation, Land South of Mildenhall Road and Land North East of Worlington Gold Club, Worlington

PROJECT DETAILS This report describes the results of an archaeological evaluation carried out by Pre-Construct Archaeology on land south of Mildenhall Road and North East of Worlington golf club, Worlington, Suffolk. The archaeological work was commissioned by A.J. and R. Scamblers and Sons Ltd in response to a planning condition attached to development of the site. The aim of the work was to characterise the archaeological potential of the site. The evaluation identified thick deposits (in places up to 2m in depth) of peat across the area overlying a natural geology of sand. Narrow swathes of higher ground forming linear sand ridges were encountered in several trenches, suggesting the underlying topography may have been sculpted by glacial or palaeochannel activity. There were no surviving buried soils encountered on site and only a single ditch was revealed cut through one of these sand ridges. A residual late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint was found within the ditch fill but no further finds were recovered from either the peat or the surface of the sand ridges. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. WGN055 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Aquaculture Methods and Techniques: ''Test Pits'', ''Targeted Trenches'' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: National Planning Policy Framework - NPPF Site status: None Current Land use: Grassland Heathland 1 - Heathland Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): FLINT Late Mesolithic PROJECT LOCATION Area 1.60 Hectares Grid Reference: TL70357362 Point Height 5.80 - 7.90 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited Brief originator: Suffolk County Council’s Archaeological Officer Design originator: Mark Hinman Director/Manager: Mark Hinman Supervisor: Jonathan House DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council ID: WGN055 Contents: 'other' Media: 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council ID: WGN055 Contents: 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Survey ', 'Unpublished Text' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council ID: WGN055 Contents: 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Trenched Archaeological Evaluation at Land South of Mildenhall Road and North East of Worlington Golf Club, Worlington, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): House, J. Other Bibliographic Details: R11844 Date: 2014 Issuer/Publisher: PCA Ltd Place of Issue or Publication: Cambridge Description: Unpublished report, 30 pages, 5 colour plates. URL: http://www.oasis.ac.uk