Site Event/Activity record ESF19455 - Excavation, Former Smyth Works, Peasenhall

As a result of a trial trench evaluation carried out earlier in 2004 a small open area excavation was carried out in advance of redevelopment. The area of excavation was c. 40m long by 20m wide and parallel to the street frontage in an area where the evaluation identified features interpreted as medieval boundary ditches. Although some truncation was evident the preservation of medieval deposits was unusually good given its central street-frontage location. Numerous high medieval (13th to 14th century) features were revealed, including boundary ditches, hearths, clay floors and a rubbish midden. Overall the site yielded very rare evidence of medieval domestic occupation in a village location. A small number of later features were recorded, indicating some continuity of occupation through the Late medieval/Transitional period into the post-medieval period right up to the establishment of the Smyth works. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. PSH 012 Contracting Unit No. PEAS/SMY/001 OASIS form ID 3876 NMR No. 1400088 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Full excavation, Open-area excavation Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Vacant Land 1 - Vacant land previously developed Monument Type(s)/Period(s): POSTHOLE Medieval , DITCH Medieval , PIT Medieval , LAYER Medieval , HEARTH Medieval , FLOOR Medieval , POSTHOLE Post Medieval , WELL Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Medieval , FLOOR TILE Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Medieval , POTTERY Post Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 720.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM35586915 Point Height 24.31 - 25.36 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: Rhodri Gardner DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: AHDS Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Stratigraphic, other Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Stratigraphic, other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Map, Miscellaneous Material, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: PSH 012 Former Smyth Works, Church Street, Peasenhall Author(s)/Editor(s): Gardner, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2004/135 Date: 2004 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4 ring-bound