Site Event/Activity record ESF19836 - Evaluation, Site B, Suffolk Business Park, Kempson Way, 2005

An archaeological evaluation was carried out at site B, Suffolk Business Park, Kempson Way in advance of the construction of a postal sorting and delivery office. A buried, prehistoric occupation layer, sealing postholes and further soil spread was found. This produced hand-made, flint-tempered pottery, the most datable sherds from an early Neolithic Carinated Bowl, and later possibly of Iron Age pottery. An undated burnt clay lined pit, filled with charcoal was also found. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. SE/05/02207 NMR No. 1435771 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural commercial Methods and Techniques: Targeted Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): BURIED SOIL LAYER Early Neolithic, POSSIBLE DITCH Uncertain, POSTHOLE Uncertain, PITS Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): QUARTZITE FRAGMENT Uncertain, NAIL Post Medieval , WORKED FLINT Uncertain, POTTERY SHERDS Uncertain, BRICK FRAGMENT Post Medieval , POTTERY SHERDS Early Neolithic PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.62 Hectares Grid Reference: TL88086402 Point Height 61.00 - 64.00 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: David Gill Supervisor: John Duffy DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics Media: Database, GIS, Images raster / digital photography, Images vector, Spreadsheets, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal, Stratigraphic, Worked stone/lithics Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Drawing, Map, Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text, Photograph PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Site B, Suffolk Business Park, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds. Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, D. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2005/167 Date: 2005 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk C.C. Archaeological Service Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: Standard SCCAS soft bound A4 report