activity dating from the 1st to the 4th centuries with indications that the villa was occupied mainly in the second half of this period (Wessex Archaeology 2003).
79.
Large numbers of reported Roman artefacts within the Study Area (89) are likely to, at least partly, reflect the greater prevalence of metal artefacts at this time and their subsequent discovery by metal detectorists (see Appendix 25.2). However, many of the more concentrated scatters of metal finds and pottery are presumably indicative of nearby occupation and one pottery scatter in particular is noted as being within a darker areas of soil, perhaps an occupation horizon (WA329).
80. At least two hoards have been recovered within the Study Area (WA472 and 494), dating to the 4th and 3rd centuries. A possible saltern (salt-making) site has also been reported near to the eastern bank of the River Deben (WA169).
1.5.4.4 Saxon and Medieval 81.
Saxon occupation and settlement sites are often poorly represented within the archaeological record due to their relatively low visibility in comparison with sites of other periods (Hegarty and Newsome 2005, 60), however regionally and nationally important sites dating to this period are known from the region. Gipeswic (Ipswich) East Anglia’s trading capital developed significantly in the 6th and 7th century before further expanding in the 8th century (Plunkett 2005, 129-132 148-150).
82.
The results of the South-east Suffolk survey suggested that Anglo-Saxon settlement was concentrated within the hinterland of the tributaries of the River Deben and on the lighter soils (Wade 1997, 47). With cemetery activity and likely associated occupation known at Akenham, Tuddenham St Martin, Playford and the Bealings (Plunkett 2005, 33). A number of pottery scatters located during the South-east Suffolk survey, as well as other findspots, may be indicative of nearby settlements and other activity and show a distribution throughout the Study Area (see Volume 3, Appendix 25.2).
83.
The village of Bawdsey, which lies at the eastern end of the route is thought to originate in the late Anglo-Saxon period (WA112). Records in the Domesday survey of a vill at Peyton (WA158) and churches at Hemley (WA193), Kirton (WA209), Newbourne (WA258), Martlesham (WA320), Great Bealings (WA419) and Akeham (WA495) would also seem to imply late Saxon communities. Waldringfield, Little Bealings, Playford, Culpho and Tuddenham are also listed. An evaluation at Paper Mill Lane in Claydon, also listed in the survey, identified as a potential sunken- featured building or grubenhaus (WA549).
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