Site Event/Activity record ESF25790 - Evaluation, Acton Bull Lane Sewer Rising Main Replacement, Long Melford

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Location

Location Acton Bull Lane Sewer, Long Melford
Grid reference Centred TL 8561 4591 (683m by 57m)
Map sheet TL84NE
Civil Parish LONG MELFORD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

NPS Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

An archaeological evaluation was conducted ahead of the construction of a replacement sewage main on arable land to the west of Long Melford. 6 evaluation trenches were excavated, only 2 of the trenches contained archaeological features. The topsoil was dark greyish brown fine sandy silt which was 0.3m thick on average. A thick subsoil was present in Trenches 4,5,6 which consisted of a very firm and desiccated (light brown slightly clayey fine sandy silt). This may have been partly caused by colluvial action as these trenches were situated towards the south end of a gently sloping field. The subsoil varied in depth between 0.7m thick in Trench 6 to 0.4m thick in trench 4. There was no subsoil present in Trenches 1, 2, 3 through here natural deposits had been partly mixed with the topsoil, presumably through ploughing (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Crawley, P.. 2011. Archaeological Evaluation of the Acton Bull Lane Sewer Rising Main Replacement, Long Melford, Suffolk.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Medieval boundary ditch, Acton Bull Lane, Long Melford (Monument)

Record last edited

Aug 24 2017 1:20PM

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