Site Event/Activity record ESF20338 - Monitoring 34A and B Rectory Cottages, Elveden

An archaeological monitoring was carried out on land immediately east and south of 34A and B Rectory Cottages, Elveden, Suffolk. One prehistoric pit of probable later Bronze Age or Iron Age date and a further later, possibly post-Roman pit were discovered. These contained Neolithic/Early Bronze Age and Late Bronze Age/Iron Age flint, and Iron Age and Roman pottery. A further undated but possibly associated pit was also found. A possible buried topsoil layer of uncertain age was also observed. Unstratified Mesolithic, Neolithic or later prehistoric flints were recovered. There were generally good levels of preservation, although there was shallow truncation over much of the site, particularly relating to the house footings. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. F/2006/00961/FUL Sitecode ELV 069 NMR No. 1524732 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Watching Brief Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Uncertain, PIT Early Medieval , PIT Late Bronze Age Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): ANIMAL REMAINS Iron Age , LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Bronze Age , LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Iron Age , LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Neolithic, BURNT FLINT Uncertain, BURNT FLINT Iron Age , FIRED CLAY Late Prehistoric, POT Roman, POT Late Iron Age , LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Mesolithic PROJECT LOCATION Area 150.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL822800 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Andrew Tester Supervisor: Rob Brooks DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Notebook - Excavation, Research, General Notes, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: 34A and B Rectory cottages, Elveden ELV 069 Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2009/017 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, ring bound, white cover