Site Event/Activity record ESF20028 - Street Farm Barn, School Road, Tunstall

A trial trench evaluation was carried out at the above site in advance of a small housing development. Two trenches (total area 78m2) were excavated, representing approximately 4.5% of the site. The geological stratum comprises a sandy clay/silt at a depth of approximately 0.50m below ground level. This is sealed by layers of subsoil (a possible 'worked soil' horizon) and modern topsoil. Archaeological features were recorded in one of the two evaluation trenches, cutting the geological stratum. Seven small pits or postholes, apparently arranged in two parallel rows oriented EW, are possible evidence for buildings/structures although other interpretations (such as planting holes) are possible. Three of the pits produced medieval pottery dated to the late 12th-14th centuries, although the presence of earlier pottery suggests previous occupation or use of the site. An EW ditch, presumed to be a former field boundary or enclosure ditch, produced post-medieval pottery dated to the 16th-18th centuries. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: Sitecode TUN 027 Planning Application No. C/07/1928 NMR No. 1514955 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Medieval , POSTHOLE Medieval , DITCH Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 78.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM35885511 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: Kieron Heard DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: TUN 027 Contents: Ceramics, Environmental, Stratigraphic, Survey, other Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: TUN 027 Contents: Stratigraphic Media: Section, Context sheet, Plan, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: TUN 027 Contents: Ceramics, Environmental, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Street Farm Barn, School Road, Tunstall (TUN 027): a report on the archaeological evaluation, 2008 Author(s)/Editor(s): Heard, K Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS report number 2008/127 Date: 2008 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, 19 pages, comb-bound