Site Event/Activity record ESF22295 - Excavation at Moulton Paddocks Starting Track, Moulton

An archaeological excavation was carried out at Moulton Paddocks, Newmarket between the 2nd and 6th of December 2013. The development entailed the construction of a practice start track with stalls and turning circle, with an access track from the road to the south. The proposed track will be 250m long x 5m wide and the access road 40m long x 4m wide; there will be a turning ring 20m in diameter at the northern end of the practice track. The works revealed a series of tree throws with no associated finds along with a small area of colluvial soil which contained prehistoric struck flint. The colluvium was found within a large natural hollow at a low point in the central area of the field, and was overlain by recent made ground. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. MUN 051 NMR No. 1584093 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural commercial Methods and Techniques: ''''Targeted Trenches'''' Position in the Planning Process: Not known / Not recorded Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Monument Type(s)/Period(s): LAYER Late Neolithic, TREE THROWS Uncertain, TREE THROWS Late Neolithic, DITCH Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): LITHIC IMPLEMENT Late Neolithic PROJECT LOCATION Area 1.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TL676654 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk CC Design originator: Richard Mortimer Director/Manager: Richard Mortimer Supervisor: Mike Green DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: OA East ID: XSFMOT14 Contents: 'none' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Stores ID: MUN051 Contents: 'none' Media: 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Stores ID: MUN051 Contents: 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Excavation at Moulton Paddocks Start-track, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Green, M Other Bibliographic Details: OA East Report no. 1561 Date: 2014 Issuer/Publisher: OA East Place of Issue or Publication: Bar Hill Description: A4 bound report URL: http://library.thehumanjourney.net/1629/