Site Event/Activity record ESF21207 - Nitrate Pipeline Excavation, Rushbrooke

Fieldwork was carried out prior to and during work to install a pipeline at Rushbrooke Water Treatment works between 2007 and 2008. Monitoring in 2007 (RBK 020) along the pipeline wayleave identified a Saxon sunken-featured building and a series of three ditches, one of which was of Early Saxon date. In 2008 (RBK 021), further monitoring of the pipeline 'launch pits' identified a colluvial deposit only, and an excavation of a further stripped area identified seven pits and five ditches, the majority of which were located towards the south-west end of the site. One of the ditches was of possible Early Anglo- Saxon origin and the remainder were either post-medieval or undated. A cluster of postholes to the north of the ditches contained flint and may be prehistoric. A few other discrete features were also identified, although none contained dateable material. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. RBK 020 Sitecode RBK 020 HER event no. RBK 021 Sitecode RBK 021 Contracting Unit No. 2008/212 Planning Application No. SE/06/2678 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Part Excavation, Watching Brief Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCHES Post Medieval , POSTHOLES Early Medieval , SUNKEN FEATURED BUILDING Early Medieval , DITCHES Early Medieval , PIT Late Prehistoric, LAYER Medieval , LAYER Uncertain, DITCH Uncertain, PITS Uncertain, POSTHOLE Uncertain, POSTHOLES Late Prehistoric Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): HINGE STRAP Early Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Early Medieval , ANTLER HANDLE Early Medieval , NEEDLE Early Medieval , COINS Medieval , COINS Post Medieval , METAL FINDS Early Medieval , KNIFE Early Medieval , BROOCH Early Medieval , METAL FINDS Roman, COINS Roman, LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Late Prehistoric, FIRED CLAY Early Medieval , CBM Roman, POT Medieval , POT Roman, POT Early Medieval , POT Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 2444.00 Square metres Grid References: TL86076152 Point, TL87336229 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Jo Caruth Supervisor: Mo Muldowney DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: RBK 020 and 021 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Industrial, Metal, Stratigraphic, Survey, Worked bone, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Database, GIS, Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: RBK 020 and 021 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Industrial, Metal, Stratigraphic, Survey, Worked bone, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Miscellaneous Material, Plan, Report, Section, Survey, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Industrial, Metal, Worked bone, Worked stone/lithics, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Rushbrooke Nitrate Pipeline, Rushbrooke, Bury St Edmunds, RBK 020 and 021, Archaeological Excavation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Muldowney, M., Anderson, S. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2008/212 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, comb bound, white cover, in colour, 8 appendices (also available as pdf)