Site Event/Activity record ESF26151 - Excavation - Land at Main Road, Martlesham

Excavation was undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd during March and April 2014 following evaluation which was carried out in 2012. These archaeological investigations were conducted ahead of the construction of a Gospel Hall and car parking. A total area of 900sqm area was excavated within a 2ha plot. The natural substrate consisted of light, orange-yellow, sandy gravel with lenses of light white-yellow, chalky sand and was recorded at a depth of 33m AOD. Overlying this was firm, greyish-yellow silt sand with occasional flint-gravel subsoil which ranged in thickness (c. 0.15-0.4m). This was sealed by a layer of light brown sandy silt topsoil, with occasional flint gravel 0.09-0.25 thick across the site (S1).