Site Event/Activity record ESF20631 - New Visitors Centre, Suffolk Punch Trust, Hollesley Bay

An archaeological evaluation was carried out on land at the Suffolk Punch Stud, Hollesley Bay Colony on the 4th November 2009. Two trenches were excavated to investigate the area of a proposed new tarmac car park to serve the recently built visitor centre on the site. An undated pit feature and a ditch of later Iron Age date were identified, demonstrating that the archaeological activity found under the visitor centre does extend through this new area. It is believed that further work may be appropriate prior to or during the construction of the new tarmac surface and the last length of the new access road to the site. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. HLY 110 Contracting Unit No. 2009/290 NMR No. 1527615 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Car park (flat) Methods and Techniques: Targeted Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Community Service 2 - Leisure and recreational buildings Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Late Iron Age , PIT Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Late Iron Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 90.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM36364540 Point Height 9.50 - 9.50 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: William Fletcher Director/Manager: Stuart Boulter Supervisor: Simon Cass DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Stratigraphic Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics Media: Context sheet, Map, Photograph, Plan, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: New Car Park, Suffolk Punch Trust Visitor Centre, Hollesley Bay Colony HLY 110 Author(s)/Editor(s): Cass, S. Other Bibliographic Details: 2009/290 Date: 2009 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A short evaluation report in house style, bound and covered as usual.