Site Event/Activity record ESF21911 - Evaluation, Land off of Lords Walk, Eriswell

PROJECT DETAILS Three trial trenches were excavated on land off of Lord's Walk, Eriswell on the 20th of February 2012. The evaluation was conducted as a condition for planning application F/2011/0163 in advance of the construction of a new Bio-fuel plant. Previous excavations in the area have identified a wealth of archaeology in the vicinity that includes prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon occupation and funerary activity. A collection of three pits and three ditch features were identified in Trench 3 whilst a single outlying pit was also recorded in Trench 1. The finds assemblage is consistently Iron Age in origin and predominantly came from the features in Trench 3. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. ERL 222 NMR No. 1569937 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Service infrastructure (e.g. sewage works, reservoir, pumping station, etc.) Methods and Techniques: ''Targeted Trenches'' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Cultivated Land 1 - Minimal cultivation Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Iron Age , DITCH Iron Age Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Iron Age , FLINT Iron Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.55 Hectares Grid Reference: TL723800 Point Height 9.31 - 10.76 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jude Plouviez Director/Manager: John Craven Supervisor: A Beverton DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey' Media: 'Database', 'GIS', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: 'Survey' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Drawing', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Survey ' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land off Lord's Walk, Eriswell ERL 222 Author(s)/Editor(s): Andrew Vaughan Beverton Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Suffolk Description: Grey lit report.