Site Event/Activity record ESF20733 - Land off Turnpike Road, Red Lodge

An archaeological evaluation was carried out on 2.9ha of vacant land off of Turnpike Road, Red Lodge, Suffolk, in advance of residential development. Trenching showed the natural subsoil and archaeological horizon to lie at a shallow depth below modern topsoil deposits. A small assemblage of prehistoric struck flint was recovered from four possible features and unstratified contexts, with one further, well-defined, pit containing an assemblage of Middle Bronze Age pottery and environmental remains suggesting domestic activity. The results indicate a phase of low-level prehistoric occupation in the vicinity with features being isolated and widespread. The shallow nature of the trenching suggests that some archaeological deposits may have been lost to medieval and post-medieval agriculture or warrening. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: HER event no. RDL 001 Sitecode RDL 001 Planning Application No. F/2007/716 NMR No. 1530165 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Current Land use: Other 13 - Waste ground Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Middle Bronze Age Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Middle Bronze Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 2.93 Hectares Grid Reference: TL694698 Point Height 17.00 - 19.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: Jo Caruth Supervisor: John Craven DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics Media: Context sheet, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land off Turnpike Road and Green Lane, Red Lodge, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J. A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2010/171 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Description: SCCAS Evaluation report