Site Event/Activity record ESF25644 - Archaeological Monitoring of Hotel Taxiway, RAF Lakenheath

excavation of a 100m long trench at Hotel Taxiway, RAF Lakenheath, was monitored. The geology within the development area comprised loose, fine sands over a solid chalk base. This profile is commonly associated with glacio-fluvial action and occurs frequently across the parish and RAF Lakenheath itself. Notably, no podsols were identified within the area. The monitoring identified a soil profile consisting of shallow (no greater than 0.1m) topsoil overlying a mid-greyish brown silty-sand subsoil approximately 0.34m in depth. The subsoil layer sealed the archaeological horizon which, in turn, lay stratigraphically above the brownish-grey-yellow fine natural loose sand (S1).