Site Event/Activity record ESF19972 - Rushbrooke treatment works, Archaeological evaluation and monitorring

A programme of archaeological evaluation and monitoring was undertaken ahead of the development of additions to the Rushbrooke water treatment works. The work was carried out to a Brief and Specification issued by Jess Tipper (Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Conservation Team, Appendix 1) to fulfil a planning condition on application F/2006/0653/FUL. The development consisted of a sunken square reservoir and associated piping. Evaluation and monitoring work identified a ditch which contained Roman pottery but included a sherd of Early Saxon material. Other finds from the site included a concentration of struck flint of which the largest group is thought to be Neolithic. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. RBK 019 NMR No. 1514394 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Pipelines/cables (e.g. gas, electric, telephone, TV cable, water, sewage, drainage etc.) Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Industry and Commerce 1 - Industrial Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Early Medieval , LITHIC IMPLEMENT Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 200.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL87336233 Point Height 40.00 - 41.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Andrew Tester Supervisor: Andrew Tester PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Rushbrooke Water Treatment Works, Rushbrooke Lane, Rushbrooke Author(s)/Editor(s): Green, M Other Bibliographic Details: 2007/136 Date: 2007 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk Archaeology Service, SCC Place of Issue or Publication: Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds Description: A4 Spiral bound report with orange covers.