Parcels 13b-14, Castleton Way, Eye Airfield, Eye, Suffolk

Between 14th November and 9th December 2022, Oxford Archaeology East carried out a programme of archaeological trial trenching across Parcels 13b-14 at Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk in advance of a proposed residential development. A total of 96 trenches were excavated; 38 contained archaeological features and 58 were blank.
Evidence of prehistoric activity at the site was limited to the recovery of two struck flints and two sherds of pottery. These artefacts had been residually deposited in later features and suggest only low-level, transient activity occurred across the site during prehistory.
In the north-eastern part of the site, a series of shallow ditches were identified which have been interpreted as Romano-British ‘planting trenches’. Few finds were recovered from these features, with only a few sherds of Roman pottery and environmental remains limited to small quantities of charcoal and animal bone. Two differently orientated blocks of planting trenches were identified, which may relate to multiple phases of development or reflect the presence of two separate contemporary fields.
Several post-medieval ditches were also identified. These probably relate to former field boundaries and are consequently of limited archaeological significance.