Site Event/Activity record ESF19973 - Land to the rear of The Homestead, Rickinghall Superior

An archaeological monitoring was carried out on land at the rear of The Homestead, Rickinghall, during the groundworks for a new house. The site lies at TM 0464 7559, close to an area from where a Roman inhumation burial RKS 011 was recorded. Archaeological evaluation and monitoring in 2005, RKS 030, on the former garden of the Homestead prior to the redevelopment of the whole site identified post-medieval pits and undated pits identified as possible former mineral extraction features. Seven more similar features were found during this monitoring, all undated and which, when mapped alongside those of RKS 030 form a north-south band c.28m wide. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: Sitecode RKS 032 Planning Application No. 0732/07 NMR No. 1514391 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Field observation Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 800.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM04647559 Point Height 39.00 - 41.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jude Plouviez Director/Manager: Jo Caruth Supervisor: Jo Caruth 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vector, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: none Media: Context sheet, Map, Plan, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological monitoring report, Land to teh rear of The Homestead, Rickinghall Superior, RKS 032 Author(s)/Editor(s): Caruth, J., Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS report no: 2009/126 Date: 2009 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: Standard SCCAS A4 spiral bound monitoring report including illustrations