November to Dec 1997

Forest-walk 7

Forestry Compartment Hockwold 6080
Norfolk SMR - na.
Parish - Feltwell. Date - 29/11/97.
Survey Area - 4.08 ha. Sample Fraction - 2.75 %
Centre on TL 743 903.
Soil - Freckenham / Redlodge complex, upland gravel brown earths and podzol soils.
Relief - uneven.
Water - 3.4 km to Little Ouse.

9 unmodified flint flakes.
2 burnt flints.

No post-med or modern materials found.
Lithic Sample Size = 9. Sample Area = 1122 M².
Low Lithic Density for Forest-walk 7 = 0.8 per are². Burnt flint density = 0.18 per are².

Forest-walk 8

Forestry Comp Brandon Park 2001
Suffolk SMR - BRD 151.
Parish - Brandon. Date - 13/01/98.
Survey Area - 4.16 ha. Sample Fraction - 2.75 %
Centre on TL 782 857.
Soil - Freckenham, gravel terrace brown earth.
Relief - West-facing.
Water - 900 metres to Little Ouse.
Height OD - 10 to 20 metres.
1 sherd of Medieval pottery.
1 flint plano-convex knife (?Early Bronze Age).
2 flint blades (1 micro).
20 retouched flint flakes.
38 unmodified flint flakes.
2 misc. flints, including probable axehead roughout.
5 flint waste cores / fragments.
5 burnt flints

A few sherds of modern brick noted.

This high density lithic scatter consists mainly of fresh looking deep black flint, with miscellaneous patches of retouch, sometimes post-patination. The scatter appears to consist mainly of late prehistoric flakes, with a high percentage (30%) of them retouched.

Lithic Sample Size = 68. Sample Area = 1144 M².
High Lithic Density for Forest-walk 8 = 5.94 per are². Burnt flint density = 0.44 per are².

Forest-walk 9
Forestry Comp Brandon Park 2003

Suffolk SMR - BRD 150
Parish - Brandon. Date - 18/01/98.
Survey Area - 3.04 ha. Sample Fraction - 2.75 %
Centre on TL 783 856
Soil - Worlington/Worlington shallow phase unit, stripy slope brown earths.
Relief - West-facing slope.
Water - 1 km to Little Ouse.
Height OD - 10 to 20 metres.

This compartment lays directly next to that of forest-walk 8.

11 retouched flint flakes.
32 unmodified flint flakes.
1 misc. flint.
5 burnt flints.

No post-med or modern materials noted
Lithic Sample Size = 44. Sample Area = 836 M²
High Lithic Density for Forest-walk 9 = 5.26 per are². Burnt flint density = 0.6 per are²

Forest-walk 10
Forestry Comp Brandon Park 2033

Suffolk SMR - BRD misc.
Parish - Brandon. Date - 13/12/97.
Survey Area - 3.2 ha. Sample Fraction - 3.25 %
Centre on TL 771 848
Soil - Brandon / Freckenham complex. Podzolised and gravelly brown earths.
Relief - flat.
Water - 1.8 km to Little Ouse. 800 metres to extinct fen-edge lake. Height OD - 5 to 10 metres.

This forest-walk is located next to the enigmatic 'White Hill' earthwork (BRD120), and a number of ?post-medieval earthworks.

1 flint waste core, possibly post-medieval
No other post-med or modern finds.
Lithic Sample Size = nil. Sample Area = 1040 M²
Very Low Lithic Density for Forest-walk 10 = nil. Burnt flint density = nil

Forest-walk 11
Forestry Comp Brandon Park 2038

Suffolk SMR - BRD misc.
Parish - Brandon. Date - 11/01/98.
Survey Area - 4.4 ha. Sample Fraction - 2.75 %
Centre on TL 770 845.
Soil - Brandon. Podzol soil.
Relief - flat.
Water - 1.8 km to Little Ouse. 800 metres to extinct fen-edge lake.
Height OD - 5 to 10 metres.

An earthbank stretches alongside the southern edge of the compartment.

No finds.
No post-med or modern material noted.
Lithic Sample Size = nil. Sample Area = 1210 M².
Very Low Lithic Density for Forest-walk 11 = nil. Burnt flint density = nil.

Forest-walk 12
Forestry Comp Brandon Park 2044

Suffolk SMR - BRD 149.
Parish - Brandon. Date - 17, 28/12/97.
Survey Area - 3.84 ha. Sample Fraction - 2.75 %
Centre on TL 774 838
Soil - Freckenham, a gravelly brown earth at western end, but majority is Methwold/Worlington complex, a semi-calcareous brown earth.
Relief - north-west facing.
Water - 2.7 km to Little Ouse, but 1 km to an extinct fen-edge lake.
Height OD - 10 to 20 metres.

1 sherd of ?Romano-British pottery
2 flint scrapers
1 double sided flint knife/scraper combination
1 flint waste core reutilised as a hammerstone
6 other flint waste cores (1 burnt).
6 retouched flint flakes.
28 unmodified flint flakes.
31 burnt flints
One sherd of modern brick noted.

Lithic Sample Size = 44. Sample Area = 1056 M²
Medium Lithic Density for Forest-walk 12 = 4.17 per are². Burnt flint density = 2.94 per are²

Forest-walk 13
Forestry Compartment Elveden 2081

Suffolk SMR - ELV misc.
Parish - Elveden. Date - 16/12/97.
Survey Area - 4.72 ha. Sample Fraction - 3.75 %
Centre on TL 797 819
Soil - Worlington - deep upland brown earth; also a patch of Santon/Worlington complex, semi-podzolised brown earths, at western end.
Relief - flat.
Water - 5.2 km to Little Ouse. 3.2 km to Horseshoe Pit. Height OD - 50 metres.

The southern edge of the compartment is bordered by a tall earthbank (ELV 036), presumably connected to the warren. There is also a c.35 metre diameter ?marl pit located alongside the survey area, within the compartment.

2 unmodified flint flakes
4 burnt flints.

Background scatter of brick and tile.

The presence of the pit, and of the tile and brick fragments scattered across the survey area, would suggest that it formed part of a late post-medieval arable field, previous to afforestation.

Lithic Sample Size = 2. Sample Area = 1770 M²
Very Low Lithic Density for Forest-walk 13 = 0.11 per are². Burnt flint density = 0.22 per are².