Site Event/Activity record ESF19900 - Sports Hall car park, Hartismere High School

An evaluation in advance of the construction of a car park for the new sports hall at Hartismere High School identified a single undated ditch sealed below a thick layer of clay/silt from which fragments of Late Bronze or Iron Age pottery and a single Roman coin were recovered, indicating a low level of activity to the north of the multi-period EYE 083 excavation. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Sitecode EYE 087 Planning Application No. 0307/07 HER event no. EYE 087 NMR No. 1508302 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Car park (flat) 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 Current Land use: Other 14 - Recreational usage Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): COIN Roman, POTTERY Late Bronze Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 83.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM13807404 Point Height 38.50 - 39.00 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: John Craven Supervisor: John Craven DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal Media: Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal Media: Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: New Sports Hall car park, Hartismere High School, Eye. EYE 087. Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J.A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2008/108 Date: 2008 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS evaluation report