Site Event/Activity record ESF24754 - Evaluation - Mildenhall Community Hub, Mildenhall

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Location

Location
Grid reference Centred TL 703 747 (533m by 662m)
Map sheet TL77SW
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk Archaeology CIC

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

157 trenches were excvated on arable land and school grounds prior to the development of infrastructure facilities, sports pitches and drainage management features. Each trench measure 30m x 1.8m. The topsoil was at a fairly consistent depth of 0.3-0.4m in all the trenches. Where a subsoil horixon was present it typically consisted of varying depths of mid brownish-orange sandy-silt. In the South Field and Southern School Field a relatively shallow pale-mid grey silt subsoil was also recorded. Underlying these deposits was chalk, frequently scarred with solution channels and plough marks.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Schofield, T.. 2016. Geophysical Survey, Mildenhall Community Hub, Mildenhall, Suffolk.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Multi-period occupation, Mildenhall Community Hub (Monument)

Record last edited

Aug 31 2018 10:33AM

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