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 |
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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.
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> SSF57884 Unpublished document: Crawley, P.. 2011. Archaeological Evaluation of the Acton Bull Lane Sewer Rising Main Replacement, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- LMD 190 Medieval boundary ditch, Acton Bull Lane, Long Melford (Monument)
Record last edited
Aug 24 2017 1:20PM