Site Event/Activity record ESF22716 - Watching Brief - Woodbridge School Changing Rooms, Woodbridge

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Location

Location
Grid reference Centred TM 2676 4952 (16m by 48m)
Map sheet TM24NE
Civil Parish WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

SCCAS

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

A watching brief was maintained on the construction of a changing room just to the west of the sports dome at Woodbridge School. The area next to the dome was already disturbed. The western edge revealed natural sand and gravel under 400mm of topsoil. In the exposed section on the western edge, a yellowish clay layer extending for some 2m to 2.5m at a depth of 200mm was noted. This clay layer contained fragments of burnt clay and could well be the floor of a timber built structure, its survival indicating a low level of previous ground disturbance in this area. Roman pottery and tile fragments were found in the spoil at the base of the section. Their presence may suggest a well preserved Roman settlement in the immediate area.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Newman J. 2000. Watching Brief - Woodbridge School Changing Rooms, Woodbridge.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman clay floor and finds made during watching brief at Woodbridge School (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 5 2019 1:24PM

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