Site Event/Activity record ESF19853 - Evaluation, 10 Factory Street, Lowestoft

An archaeological evaluation was carried out on land at 10 Factory Street, Lowestoft (TM 5499 9381); LWT 167 A trial trench evaluation was carried out at the above site from 13th -14th July 2009 in advance of a proposal to redevelop the site. The redevelopment involves the construction of a single residential property. A number of features of archaeological interest were recorded during the work. These were two undated pits, a late medieval buried soil and similarly dated post-holes, and an early post-medieval flint and lime mortar foundation representing a building that remained in use into the 19th century. Evidence for the adjacent Lowestoft Porcelain factory was recovered in the form of two fragments of kiln bars. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: NMR No. 1507909 Planning Application No. DC/09/0198/FUL Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Urban residential (e.g. flats, houses, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: Not known / Not recorded Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Current Land use: Other 13 - Waste ground Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Uncertain, POST-HOLE Medieval , POST-HOLE Post Medieval , BURIED SOIL Medieval , FOUNDATIONS Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POT Medieval , CBM Medieval , POT Post Medieval , CBM Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 90.86 Square metres Grid Reference: TM54999381 Point Height 18.72 - 19.15 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: K. Wade Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Duncan Stirk DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: none Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Images vector, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: none Media: Context sheet, Matrices, Microfilm, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Environmental, Glass, Metal BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: 10 Factory Street, Lowestoft. Archaeological evaluation report Author(s)/Editor(s): Duncan Stirk Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report 2009/194 Date: 2009 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich