Land adjoining Wetherden Road, Elmswell, Suffolk: Archaeological Evaluation.

An archaeological evaluation, which included targeted metal detecting, was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in September 2016 at land adjoining Wetherden Road, Elmswell, Suffolk. Twenty two trenches were excavated. Previous geophysical survey did not identify any anomalies of archaeological potential. The evaluation recorded archaeological features across the site. A putative ditched enclosure containing a probable kiln of early Roman date was identified in the south-eastern part of the site. The substantial finds assemblage recovered suggests that the activity within this enclosure lay in the late 1st to 2nd centuries AD. Evidence of Saxon activity represented by a possible sunken featured building, two pits and a treethrow pit was identified in the western part of the site. The evaluation also identified a series of boundary ditches of post-medieval/modern date in the northern, western and southern parts of the site. An archaeological evaluation, which included targeted metal detecting, was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in September 2016 at land adjoining Wetherden Road, Elmswell, Suffolk. Twenty two trenches were excavated. Previous geophysical survey did not identify any anomalies of archaeological potential. The evaluation recorded archaeological features across the site. A putative ditchedenclosure containing a probable kiln of early Roman date was identified in the south-eastern part of the site. The substantial finds assemblage recovered suggests that the activity within this enclosure lay in the late 1st to 2nd centuries AD. Evidence of Saxon activity represented by a possible sunken featured building, two pits and a treethrow pit was identified in the western part of the site. The evaluation also identified a series of boundary ditches of post-medieval/modern date in the northern, western and southern parts of the site.