Site Event/Activity record ESF22813 - Evaluation, 1 Pinbush Road, Gisleham

Report missnumbered GSE 088, 1 Pinbush Road, Gisleham: An evaluation by trial trenching was carried out on the site of a proposed workshop/office building. Two trenches (total area 100m2) were excavated, representing 4.5% of the total area of the development site. The natural stratum was yellowish brown sand with pebbles and some localised patches of clay/silt. A prehistoric buried soil horizon directly overlay the natural sand. It contained small amounts of abraded later prehistoric pottery (including flint-tempered Iron Age fabrics) and later prehistoric struck flints. The surface of the buried soil horizon was at depths of 0.56m-0.90m below current ground level. In Trench 1 the buried soil horizon was cut by a ditch of probable prehistoric date and an undated but presumed prehistoric posthole. These features were sealed by a subsoil layer that contained Roman and Middle Saxon pottery, a post-medieval topsoil/ploughsoil and a modern turf layer. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. DC/14/0162/FUL NMR No. 1591026 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Urban commercial (e.g. offices, shops, banks, etc.) Methods and Techniques: ''''Sample Trenches'''' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Monument Type(s)/Period(s): BURIED SOIL Late Prehistoric, POSTHOLE Late Prehistoric, DITCH Late Prehistoric Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Early Medieval , WORKED FLINT Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Roman, POTTERY Late Prehistoric PROJECT LOCATION Area 2200.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM52788953 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Matthew Brudenell Director/Manager: Rhod Gardner Supervisor: Kieron Heard DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: GSE 088 Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: GSE 088 Contents: 'Stratigraphic' Media: 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: GSE 088 Contents: 'other', 'Ceramics', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: 1 Pinbush Road, Gisleham, Suffolk, GSE 088: Archaeological Evaluation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Heard, K Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS report no. 2014/042 Date: 2014 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, wire bound, 38 pages