Site Event/Activity record ESF19813 - Land to rear of The Homestead, The Street, Rickinghall Superior

An archaeological monitoring of footing trenches for new residential development to the rear of The Homestead, Rickinghall Superior, located a group of post medieval pits close to the road frontage and a series of large pits set back from the road. The large pits were undated and thought to be for chalk extraction. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: Sitecode RKS 011 NMR No. 1482721 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: Visual Inspection, Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Vacant Land 2 - Vacant land not previously developed Monument Type(s)/Period(s): WELL SHAFT Uncertain, AREA OF DISTURBANCE Uncertain, BURIED SOIL LAYER Uncertain, PITS Post Medieval , PITS Uncertain, DITCH Uncertain, REDEPOSITED CHALK Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): BRICK Post Medieval , BUILDING DEBRIS Modern PROJECT LOCATION Area 750.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM04707560 Point Height 40.00 - 41.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jude Plouviez Director/Manager: David Gill DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics Media: Images raster / digital photography, Images vector, Spreadsheets, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics Media: Context sheet, Map, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land to the rear of The Homestead, The Street, Rickinghall Superior RKS 030 Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, D. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2005/57 Date: 2005 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk C.C. Archaeological Service Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: Standard SCCAS soft bound A4 report.