Brickfields Drive, Haverhill, Suffolk

From the 15th to the 17th January 2025 Oxford Archaeology undertook an archaeological evaluation comprising 16 trenches on land north of Brickfields Drive, Haverhill, Suffolk (TL 66535 46935). The work was commissioned by Carter Jonas on behalf of the Trustees of the 1993 Settlement. Trenching took place following a Desk-Based Assessment and geophysical survey, both of which indicated the probable presence of low-level medieval/post-medieval agricultural remains. The results of this investigation confirmed this potential. The features recorded comprised a series of ditches and furrows aligned broadly north-north-east to south-south-west and on the opposing alignment. In some cases, these features matched boundaries and enclosures visible on various historic mapping. Only one discrete feature was encountered, in the form of an undated pit close to the centre of the site, and no features were present in the southern part of the site. The small finds assemblage suggested a potential medieval origin for the field system in the form of two sherds of mid-12th to mid-13th century pottery. Evidence for its continued use came from the recovery of 16 fragments of post-medieval ceramic building material.