Site Event/Activity record ESF19987 - Excavation, The Old Garage, Redgrave

An area of 153 sq m was excavated on the site of the Old Garage, Redgrave on the development areas street frontage. A further part of the street frontage was monitored. The site lies within the villages medieval core, between surviving medieval/late medieval timber framed houses. Structural evidence was found for the rear wall of a sill beamed medieval structure, aligned with and probably contemporary with these neighbouring properties and fronting onto the road. Further evidence, in the form of postholes and floor surfaces with two possible hearths, was found for medieval structures attached to the rear of the main building. A post-medieval ditch, perhaps being part of a post-medieval structure, later occupied this part of the site showing that the earlier building had been demolished. 19th-20th century material was recovered, broadly contemporary with the occupation and demolition of two later buildings on the site that were demolished c.1900, and the sites subsequent land use as waste ground behind the Old Garage. The monitored area was heavily disturbed by the petrol tanks of the garage and no archaeology was seen. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: NMR No. 1400087 Planning Application No. 909/02 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Full excavation Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Other 13 - Waste ground Monument Type(s)/Period(s): POSTHOLE Medieval , DITCH Post Medieval , PIT Modern, SURFACE Medieval , HEARTH Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , POTTERY Medieval , CBM Post Medieval , CBM Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 153.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM04277813 Point 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 Newman Supervisor: John Craven DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal, other Media: Database, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal, other Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Photograph, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Metal, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: The Old Garage, Redgrave RGV 043 Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2004/30 Date: 2004 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS Excavation Report