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EAA 169: Iron Age Fortification Beside the River Lark - Excavations at Mildenhall, Suffolk (Paperback)
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EAA 169: Iron Age Fortification Beside the River Lark - Excavations at Mildenhall, Suffolk (Paperback)
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph, 169
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Excavations by Cotswold Archaeology at Mildenhall produced evidence
for human activity from the Late Bronze Age to the medieval period.
A Late Bronze Age waterhole backfilled with domestic refuse was
excavated on the higher ground above the floodplain of the River
Lark. The Middle Iron Age was a period of intense activity on the
site, when a pair of massive ditches defined the eastern part of an
enclosure, possibly built to dominate the crossing point of the
River Lark. A third ditch of comparable size may date to the Middle
or Late Iron Age. Numerous pits were found inside the enclosure,
and a pair of very large post-settings were located between the
paired ditches. A possible focus for settlement beyond the
excavated area was suggested by the greater density of pits towards
the west. The ditches fell out of use before the Roman period when
a farmstead occupied the higher ground. In this period the flood
plain was utilised with a series of field ditches, although the
area was prone to flooding in the later Roman period. Throughout
the Saxon period, the higher ground was farmed and use of the flood
plain was limited by the wet environment. The evidence suggests
there was a process of deliberate land reclamation on the
floodplain during the medieval period, after which the area was
divided into fields. On the higher ground, a large ditch running
north to south may have marked the medieval town boundary, but this
association is uncertain. Excavated evidence from this period
represented activities undertaken on the periphery of settlement,
including crop-processing, animal husbandry, and iron-working. A
well-preserved kiln base may have been used for the production of
lime, using chalk quarried from the edge of the higher ground.
There was a rapid decline in use of the area from the 14th century
onwards, and it remained farmland until recent times. There was
good preservation of environmental evidence from all periods, and
the sizeable assemblages of animal bone and crop waste allowed
comparisons to be made in farming practices over time. The
assemblage of decorated Middle Iron Age pottery from the site is
the largest found in the region to date.
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