Site Event/Activity record ESF22145 - Monitoring - MUGA Pitch, St Peter And St Paul Primary School, Eye

Two visits were made to the site to observe the site strip for a new MUGA pitch, measuring c.36m by c.18m, on an existing playing field to the rear of the school. The project design had been modified to avoid causing deep disturbance to potential archaeological deposits. To reach construction formation level the site strip simply consisted of deturfing, followed by the removal of up to c.0.15m of modern topsoil. The topsoil, which contained mixed 20th century material, remained in situ across the whole site meaning there was no disturbance to any underlying soil layers or archaeological deposits. It was noted that the machining was causing substantial ground vibration which was thought to indicate that the playing field could be situated upon peat deposits. The site may therefore have once have been part of the floodplain, rather than on the edge of the 'island' of the historic town (S1). Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. 1930/12 NMR No. 1576923 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: '''Watching Brief''' Reason for Investigation: National Planning Policy Framework - NPPF Current Land use: Other 14 - Recreational usage PROJECT LOCATION Area 648.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM14887393 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: John Craven Supervisor: John Craven DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: 'none' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: 'none' Media: 'Report' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: MUGA Pitch, St Peter and St Paul Primary School, Church Street, Eye EYE 118 Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J. A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2013/084 Date: 2103 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds