Site Event/Activity record ESF20629 - Evaluation Land at Shrubbery Farm, Hubbards Lane, Hessett

An archaeological evaluation was carried out in advance of a construction of 14 dwellings at Shrubbery Farm, Hubbards Lane, Hessett. The proposed development lay at TL 9368 6116 at a height of c. 67m OD (Fig. 1). The site is towards the southern edge of the modern village in an area where the precise course of the green edge is uncertain. Interest in the site is centred on the potential to resolve this issue and to identify evidence for the medieval settlement. The evaluation identified a ditch suggested to be the eastern edge to the green and a range of shallow features that are thought to be medieval and possibly earlier. A significant collection of finds recovered from beneath the topsoil are dated to the Late Saxon and medieval periods. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. HTT 020 SM No. HTT 020 Planning Application No. Mid Suffolk 1087/05 NMR No. 1527619 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Test Pits Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCHES Medieval , POST HOLE Uncertain, PITS Uncertain, GULLY Uncertain, POST HOLES Post Medieval , PITS Modern, DITCHES Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Early Medieval , POTTERY Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Uncertain, CBM Post Medieval , LITHIC IMPLEMENT Uncertain, FIRED CLAY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 5000.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL937612 Point Height 66.00 - 68.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: R Carr Director/Manager: Andrew Tester Supervisor: Andrew Tester DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Survey, other Media: GIS, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Correspondence, Map, Photograph, Plan, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land at Shrubbery Farm, Hubbards lane, Hessett HTT 020 Author(s)/Editor(s): Tester, A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No.2008/118 Date: 2008 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, comb bound, white cover (also available as PDF)