Site Event/Activity record ESF21201 - Evaluation, Hatchfield Farm, Newmarket

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology between June and July 2008 at the request of WSP Environmental UK at Hatchfield Farm, Newmarket, Suffolk. One hundred and two trenches were excavated. Despite the potential for archaeological features and deposits of Prehistoric and Roman date to survive on the site no features pre-dating the 20th century were noted. These modern features included former field boundaries and animal burials. The flint concentrations recorded during a prior fieldwalking survey were observed to lie within the course of a former river system, suggesting that post-depositional processes responsible for the apparent clustered pattern of flint recorded during the previous survey. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Sitecode NKT027 Contracting Unit No. 2553 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POT Iron Age , POT Roman, WORKED FLINT Mesolithic PROJECT LOCATION Area 67.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TL64206560 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services Design originator: WSP Environmental UK Director/Manager: Richard Young Supervisor: Jonathan Webster DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services ID: NKT027 Contents: none Media: Images raster / digital photography PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services ID: NKT027 Contents: none Media: Photograph, Plan PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services ID: NKT027 Contents: Ceramics, Environmental BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Hatchfield Farm, Newmarket, Suffolk Archaeological Evaluation Author(s)/Editor(s): Webster, J. Other Bibliographic Details: CA Report 08151 Date: 2008 Issuer/Publisher: Cotswold Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Cotswold Archaeology