Site Event/Activity record ESF19848 - New Fire Station, Stradbroke Rd, Lowestoft

A trial trenched evaluation conducted on the site of the proposed new Lowestoft Fire Station off Stradbroke Road revealed no significant finds, features or deposits of archaeological significance. Severe truncation and modern disturbance was witnessed across much of the site. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. LWT 164 Planning Application No. W/06/1233/CCC NMR No. 1507942 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Public building (e.g. school, church, hospital, medical centre, law courts etc.) Methods and Techniques: 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 3 - Despoiled land (contaminated derelict and ?brownfield? sites) Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.50 Hectares Grid Reference: TM52589055 Point Height 11.00 - 12.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: William Fletcher Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: Jezz Meredith DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Correspondence, Miscellaneous Material, Report BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: LWT 164. A Report on the Archaeological Evaluation: Proposed New Fire Station, Lowestoft Author(s)/Editor(s): Meredith, J. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCASS report no. 2008/174 Date: 2008 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: 9-pages of text plus Brief and Spec as Appendix