Data from Archaeological Excavation and Monitoring at the Land South of Main Road, Martlesham, Suffolk, April-May 2014

This collection comprises data from archaeological excavation and monitoring carried out on the land south of Main Road, Martlesham, Suffolk. This work was undertaken by Pre-Construct Archaeology from April-May 2014. The excavation of Area 1 identified several phases of a field system defined by boundary ditches. The earliest of these comprised several adjoining small square and rectangular enclosures with associated trackways. Small quantities of predominantly flint-tempered pottery, combined with stratigraphic and spatial relationships, suggest a middle to late Bronze Age/early Iron Age date. Middle to late Iron Age and post-medieval field boundaries were also identified. Ten 'fire pits' with scorched sides and bases and charcoal-rich fills were scattered across the site. Radiocarbon-dating of charcoal from three of the pits indicates a Middle Saxon (7th-9th-century AD) date.