Monument record PKM 075 - Roman ditch AW PIPELINE Trench 126 (NPS)

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Summary

A ditch containing animal bone and a sherd of Roman pottery was identified during evaluation trenching for an Anglian Water Pipeline.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 592 268 (12m by 32m)
Map sheet	TL52NE
Civil Parish	PAKENHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full Description

2012: Evaluation trenching revealed a ditch. The ditch was roughly orientated south-west to north-east. The ditch extended beyond both ends of the trench and was 1.50m wide. Animal bone and a sherd of Roman pottery were recovered from this ditch. The ditch runs adjacent to the roadway and it could represent the original roadside ditch of Roman date (S1).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2013 (S2)

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF55975 Unpublished document: Crawley, P.. 2014. Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation, on the route of Anglian Water Bury PZ - Barnham Cross to Little Welnetham Treated Water Main.
<S2> SSF55627 Article in serial: Brudenell, M. & Plouviez, J.. 2014. Archaeology in Suffolk 2013. XXXXIII (2).

Finds (2)

FSF42947: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FSF42948: ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)

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None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Evaluation - Bury PZ - Barnham Cross to Little Welnetham Treated Water Main (Ref: OASIS-norfolka1-152507) (ESF23373)

Record last edited

Aug 8 2024 10:27AM