Archaeological Desk-based Assessment and Targeted Evaluation (Phase 1) at Colt Park, Aldingham: data structure report

An archaeological desk based assessment was undertaken on land at Colt Park, Aldingham in order to provide further information on the archaeological potential of the area in advance of determination of a planning application. The assessment suggested that a Bronze Age cremation cemetery might have extended into the extreme south of the application area, adjacent to the current A5087. In order to establish the presence or absence of cremations in this area an intrusive evaluation was undertaken in a defined area next to the A5087. Seven trenches were excavated and were positioned with a bias toward the road. The trenches established that some relatively recent landscaping had been undertaken in the area. The work also recorded two features, one was modern in date while the other was undated. The evaluation did not encounter any cremation burials and it does not appear that part of an extensive cremation cemetery is present within the application area.