Site Event/Activity record ESF22067 - Post-Excavation Assessment, Long Melford Primary School

PROJECT DETAILS Phases of evaluation, excavation and monitoring fieldwork were carried out at the primary school in Long Melford, Suffolk. The site is located within the centre of Long Melford, flanked by the medieval High Street to the west and by the school and a modern housing estate to the north, east and south. Small quantities of residual Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age flint were recovered from the site, with further redeposited Iron Age struck flint and pottery present within later feature fills. The main phase of occupation dates from the later Iron Age-Roman transition into the 2nd century AD. This consisted of a small number of pits, aligned ditches and postholes, which produced early Roman pottery, animal bone, CBM, metal working debris and a possibly associated crucible, burnt flint, lava quern, fired clay and iron nails. The more unusual features on site were a cremation burial and three grave cuts, containing the remains of four individuals, dating from the late 1st to late 2nd centuries. The cremation contained an adult with an urn and three vessels. The latest grave produced two samian dishes and a flagon and also contained a skull fragment of a child alongside the adult female buried therein. Another of the graves, for an adult man produced a single jar and the presence of nails formed clear evidence for a coffin. These two inhumations were also buried within rectangular cuts, far larger than required for a coffin. The final grave only contained the partial remains of an adult. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. LMD 192 Sitecode LMD 192 Contracting Unit No. 2012/135 Planning Application No. B/11/01406 NMR No. 1576082 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: ''''Open-area excavation'''', ''''Watching Brief'''' Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Other 15 - Other, Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PITS Roman, DITCHES Late Iron Age , PITS Late Iron Age , GRAVES Roman, POSTHOLES Roman, DITCHES Roman Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): AWL Roman, TWEEZERS Roman, GOAD PRICK Roman, NAILS Roman, BUCKLE Post Medieval , HUMAN BONE Roman, ANIMAL REMAINS Roman, CERAMICS Middle Iron Age , CERAMICS Late Iron Age , CERAMICS Roman, TILE Roman, BRICK Roman, LITHIC IMPLEMENT Neolithic, LITHIC IMPLEMENT Early Bronze Age , LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Iron Age , QUERN Roman, MIRROR Roman, HAIR PIN Roman, PUNCH Roman, WEIGHT (LEAD) Roman, COIN Late Iron Age , METAL WORKING DERBRIS Roman, CRUCIBLE (POSSIBLE) Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 220.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL86434531 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jude Plouviez Director/Manager: Andrew Tester Supervisor: Rob Brooks DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: LMD 192 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Human Bones', 'Industrial', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Database', 'GIS', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Spreadsheets', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: LMD 192 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Human Bones', 'Industrial', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Correspondence', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Survey ', 'Unpublished Text' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: K/123/2 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Human Bones', 'Industrial', 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Long Melford Primary School, Long Melford, LMD 192, Post-Excavation Assessment Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2012/135 Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, comb bound, white card covers, in colour, with 10 appendices. Also available as a pdf.