Site Event/Activity record ESF21713 - Evaluation at the Palace House Stables Basement, Newmarket

An evaluation was carried out within the south-east end of the trainer's house, within the Palace House Stables/Rothschild's stable yard complex, off Palace Street, Newmarket, in Suffolk. This work involved the excavation of six test pits, some of which revealed floor surfaces and a clunch wall from the Palace House Stables illustrated on the 1720 Fort Plan. Chalk screeds and floor surfaces from the older stables were also recorded. Overlying these remains, the various redevelopments of the site by the Rothschild family were uncovered, often incorporating or robbing out the older structures. The earliest deposit on the site was a buried topsoil layer, which pre-dates the stable. Finds from the site included pottery, roof tile, brick and tobacco pipe, all of which were post-medieval, as well as undated animal bone. Despite the various phases of development across the site, it appears that deposits relating to the Palace House Stables, and potentially earlier, still survive. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. F/2010/0778/FUL Sitecode NKT 041 HER event no. NKT 041 Contracting Unit No. 2012/079 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Public building (e.g. school, church, hospital, medical centre, law courts etc.) 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 - PPS Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Other 3 - Built over Monument Type(s)/Period(s): FLOOR Post Medieval , FLOOR Post Medieval , LAYER Post Medieval , LAYER Post Medieval , LAYER Post Medieval , WALL Post Medieval , BURIED SOIL HORIZON Uncertain, WALL Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): TOBACCO PIPE Post Medieval , TILE Post Medieval , BRICK Post Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Uncertain PROJECT LOCATION Area 50.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL64486334 Point Height 28.00 - 28.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: K. Wade Director/Manager: David Gill Supervisor: Rob Brooks DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: NKT 041 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Survey', 'other' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Spreadsheets', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: NKT 041 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Correspondence', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: H/81/1 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Palace House Stables Basement Evaluation, Newmarket, NKT 041, Archaeological Evaluation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2012/079 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, comb-bound, white card cover, in colour, with five appendices, (also available as a pdf)