Site Event/Activity record ESF21350 - Evaluation at Land adjacent to Mendlesham Industrial Estate, Wetheringsett-Cum-Brockford

Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd (PCAS) carried out an archaeological evaluation on land adjacent to the Mendlesham Industrial Estate, Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Suffolk. The evaluation consisted of a programme of field-walking and metal-detecting, followed by a 5 % of total surface area trial trench evaluation, comprising a total of 37 trenches each measuring 25m by 1.8m. No artefacts of archaeological significance were observed during the field-walking or metal-detecting survey. Only former field boundary ditches and modern features were recorded in the trenches and a small amount of medieval and post-medieval pottery and metal work was recovered as surface finds. The largely negative results from the relatively extensive examination of the site, which also includes a desk-based assessment, would suggest further investigation is unlikely to yield any more significant information. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. WCB 068 Sitecode BPSE 11 Contracting Unit No. 565 NMR No. 1549710 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Service infrastructure (e.g. sewage works, reservoir, pumping station, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Metal Detectors, Fieldwalking, Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): FIELD BOUNDARY Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , POTTERY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 6.50 Hectares Grid Reference: TM12106400 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd Director/Manager: Will Munford Supervisor: Mike Rowe, Karen Francis DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Store ID: WCB 068 Contents: none Media: Images raster / digital photography PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Store ID: WCB 068 Contents: Worked stone/lithics, Ceramics, Metal Media: Context sheet, Diary, Miscellaneous Material, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section, Survey PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Store ID: WCB 068 Contents: Ceramics, Metal BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land adjacent to Mendlesham Industrial Estate, Norwich Road, Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Suffolk: Archaeological Evaluation Author(s)/Editor(s): Rowe, M. Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Place of Issue or Publication: Saxilby, Lincolnshire Description: A4 thermal bound report with transparent cover and white spine