Site Event/Activity record ESF19706 - Evaluation, land adjacent to Little Priory, 2008

An archaeological evaluation undertaken prior to a planning application being submitted for a plot of land to the south of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wangford with Henham, identified a small cluster of medieval features to the west of the site, close to the church. The plot is within the defined site of Wangford Priory (WNF 001) and the potential for the monastic church, and/or ancillary burials and buildings within the development area was high, as well as medieval dwellings fronting onto Church Street to the east. Six trenches were excavated over the plot, with those adjacent to Church Street revealing a Neolithic/Early Bronze Age ditch and pit, but no medieval evidence. This was restricted to the rear of the plot, where a large 12th -14th century extraction pit and a small cluster of other medieval features were recorded. No evidence of the priory or ancillary buildings was revealed, with the medieval evidence somewhat expected due to the site's location adjacent to the church and within the medieval core of Wangford village. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Sitecode WNF 025 Related HER No. WNF 025 NMR No. 1477564 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Conservation Area, Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) Current Land use: Vacant Land 2 - Vacant land not previously developed Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Medieval , DITCH Medieval , PIT Post Medieval , DITCH Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Uncertain PROJECT LOCATION Area 4000.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM46627906 Point Height 12.00 - 12.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: R Carr Director/Manager: Clare Good Supervisor: Clare Good DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: WNF 025 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, other Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: WNF 025 Contents: other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Miscellaneous Material, Notebook - Excavation, Research, General Notes, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: WNF 025 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: WNF 025 Land adjacent to Little Priory, Wangford Author(s)/Editor(s): Good, C Other Bibliographic Details: 2008/137 Date: 2008 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: SCCAS