Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1052: summary

Archaeological evaluation on land opposite the Saracen's Head, Sudbury Road, Newton, Suffolk, CO10 0QJ: December 2016
by Laura Pooley (with contributions from -)

Date report completed: January 2017
Location: land opposite the Saracen's Head, Sudbury Road, Newton, Suffolk, CO10 0QJ
Map reference(s): TL 915 408 (c)
File size: 3,472 kb
Project type: Archaeological evaluation
Significance of the results:
Keywords: 11th-12th century, ditch

Summary. An archaeological evaluation (five trial-trenches) was carried out on land opposite the Saracen's Head public house, Sudbury Road, Newton, Suffolk in advance of the construction of eight new dwellings and associated infrastructure. The development site is located among a number of 16th- to 18th-century listed buildings with the line of a Roman road to the west, and a medieval church and post-medieval mill nearby. The evaluation revealed a medieval ditch (11th-12th century) aligned north-east to south-west and extending across the south-eastern end of the site, three modern pits and a modern tree-throw hole.