Site Event/Activity record ESF21834 - Evaluation, land at South Cove House, South Cove

A trenched evaluation was conducted across land to the north of South Cove House. Archaeological features were encountered under deep deposits of mixed modern overburden and undisturbed sandy subsoil. Two pits and a north to south running ditch are likely to be of medieval date with pottery of 12th to 14th century date being recovered from one of the pits and the ditch. Spelt wheat and other cultivated grains were recovered from environmental samples taken from these features and the processing of cereals was likely to have taken place within the vicinity. The site is c.35m to the south of the church of St Lawrence's which has Norman architectural features. The site is therefore likely to be within the medieval core of the parish. Another ditch, on a different alignment to the medieval ditch, contained a pale and leached fill and a small fragment of pottery of probable Late Bronze to Early Iron Age date. Heat-altered flint and a flint scraper were residual finds in the medieval features and suggest that later prehistoric activity took place in the surrounding area. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. SCV 018 Planning Application No. DC/11/1184/FUL NMR No. 1569520 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural commercial Methods and Techniques: ''''Sample Trenches'''' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - Direction 4 Site status: None Current Land use: Vacant Land 2 - Vacant land not previously developed Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Medieval , DITCH Medieval , DITCH Late Prehistoric Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): FLINT Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.27 Hectares Grid Reference: TM49988084 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Jezz Meredith DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Stratigraphic', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Correspondence', 'Report' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Evaluation Report: Land at South Cove House, South Cove SCV 018 Author(s)/Editor(s): Meredith, J. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS rpt no 2012/147 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: Short evaluation report with 3 figs, historical context, finds and enviro rpt