Site Event/Activity record ESF20952 - Land off Clifton Road, Lowestoft

During March 2011 Archaeological Solutions Limited (AS), conducted an archaeological evaluation (trial trenching) of land off Clifton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk (NGR TM 543 921). The evaluation was undertaken in support of a planning application for the development of a medical facility and residential dwellings. The site lies to the west of Economy Road and north of Clifton Road and is located on the south side of Lake Lothing, recorded as the remnants of a possible medieval turbary (HER No: LWT 154). The evaluation revealed three early modern ditches and one undated ditch associated with site drainage and boundaries. The north-west corner of the site was truncated likely resulting in the removal of a layer of desiccated peat. Several large modern pits were also present in this area. The layer of desiccated peat and 'iron panning' podsolisation in the eastern half of the site suggests an area of prolonged groundwater saturation which was likely drained with digging of the early modern ditches. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Contracting Unit No. P4234 Sitecode LWT 176 NMR No. 1539476 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Targeted Trenches Position in the Planning Process: Not known / Not recorded Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Current Land use: Other 13 - Waste ground Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.76 Hectares Grid Reference: TM54309212 Point Height 4.00 - 4.50 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Conservation Team Design originator: Jon Murray Director/Manager: Jon Murray Supervisor: Matthew Adams DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Map, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land off Clifton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. An Archaeological Evaluation Author(s)/Editor(s): Adams, M., Thompson, P. Other Bibliographic Details: AS Report No. 3755 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Place of Issue or Publication: Hertford Description: A4 Ringbound document