NHER 66468 (Monument record) - Late Iron Age and post-medieval ditches

June 2021. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Anglian Water Bexwell to Bury St Edmunds pipeline (Trenches 6-14).
The nine trenches excavated at this location revealed three linear features. These included a north-north-east to south-south-west aligned ditch and a north-west to south-east aligned gully or truncated ditch that both produced several sherds of Late Iron Age pottery. This small assemblage of sherds in hard-fired sandy fabrics includes part of a vessel with burnished surfaces and curvilinear decoration. Another sherd is from a globular vessel of probable early to mid-1st-century AD date (i.e. Late pre-Roman Iron Age to early Roman).
The third feature was a west-north-west to east-south-east aligned ditch in the southern half of the site that produced a fragment of post-medieval land drain. This was presumably associated with a former field boundary of relatively recent date.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 April 2023.

July 2021. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of potentially impact of proposed Anglian Water Bexwell to Bury St Edmunds pipeline.
For further details see report (S2), which was submitted as part of the Environmental Statement for the scheme.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 April 2023.