Site Event/Activity record ESF22233 - Monitoring, Land at Laneham Yard, Church Street, Lavenham, Suffolk

PROJECT DETAILS Atrchaeological Recording took place at Laneham yards lavenham where a number of post-medieval and post-medieval features were revealed. Two large pits were revealed that appear to be the result of quarrying. The large pits were then reused as cess pits. Further features were located, namely a spread or shallow pit containing medieval pottery dating from the 13th-14th centuries. A brick floor was revealed, although fragmentary, and was laid in Suffolk Whites. a cobbled surface was revealed which was rather poorly constructed and probable belonged to further yard activity or possible a building. It was impossible to be certain as to the dating of the floor features due to the fact that no finds were located associated with them or to say what they originally belonged to (yard or building). In Summary, quarrying at laneham Yard was dated to pre post-medieval period with reuse of the pits for cess. A spread/feature was securely dated to the Late 12th century, whilst the remainder of the features on site were all post-medieval with evidence of use from floors of previous buildings thought to date from the 18th-19th centuries. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: NMR No. 1580004 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: 'Recorded Observation', 'Watching Brief' Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Other 13 - Waste ground Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Post Medieval , CESS PIT Post Medieval , COBBLED SURFACE Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Medieval , POTTERY Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 150.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL915490 Point Height 68.00 - 70.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: ARCHAEOSERV Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: JESS TIPPER Director/Manager: DENNIS PAYNE Supervisor: DENNIS PAYNE DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: St Edmunsbury Museum ID: LVM063 Media: 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: St Edmunsbury Museum ID: LVM063 Media: 'Context sheet', 'Correspondence', 'Map', 'Matrices', 'Miscellaneous Material', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: St Edmunsbury Museum ID: LVM063 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Glass', 'Industrial', 'Metal', 'other' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDING AT LANEHAM YARD LAVENHAM SUFFOLK Author(s)/Editor(s): Dennis Payne Other Bibliographic Details: na Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: ARCHAEOSERV Place of Issue or Publication: STOWMARKET SUFFOLK Description: REPORT IN PDF - A4