Site Event/Activity record ESF19954 - B1115 Stowmarket Relief Road, land adjacent to Gipping Way, Stowmarket

An archaeological monitoring was carried out at the site during groundwork for the road construction. Alluvial deposits (including a peat horizon) within the floodplain of the River Gipping were sealed by 19th- and 20th-century dumped deposits and modern road make-up. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. SKT 054 NMR No. 1513855 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Road scheme (new and widening) Methods and Techniques: Visual Inspection Position in the Planning Process: Not known / Not recorded Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 400.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM0510458629 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: William Fletcher Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: Kieron Heard DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: SKT 054 Contents: Stratigraphic Media: Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: SKT 054 Contents: Stratigraphic Media: Report BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological monitoring report: B1115 Stowmarket Relief Road, land adjacent to Gipping Way, Stowmarket Author(s)/Editor(s): Heard, K Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS report number 2009/160 Date: 2009 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, six pages, unbound in file with other short reports for 2009