Monument record WLD 072 - Medieval activity at East Anglia One Area 33 (EXC)

2017: Site 33 - Excavation revealed a large Bronze Age ditch, which ran down the valley slope and was succeeded by a series of sub-rectangular Roman and medieval enclosures, including a possible droveway. A comparable sequence of field boundaries was exposed within the narrower northern end of the site. However, in the central area several pit clusters and a roundhouse appeared to be associated with early Bronze Age to early Iron Age occupation. The roundhouse was post-built and included the remnant of a hearth at its centre. Pottery concentrations were focused on isolated pits and include both Beaker and post-Deverel-Rimbury vessels; other artefacts included a flint barbed-and-tanged arrowhead.
Sites 34-35 - Two small areas revealed sections of Roman and medieval enclosure and field systems, perpendicular to the river valley slope. One medieval ditch bi-furcated into a Y-shape that may enclose a small post-built structure. This ditch also included a significant concentration of animal bone, with a strong focus on sheep-pig mandibles and cattle long bones that suggests a specialist processing area. Sparse quantities of Roman and medieval (13th-15th century) pottery, lava quern and charred cereal remains were also recovered. Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2017 (S1). Full report to follow.