Site Event/Activity record ESF22815 - Evaluation - Former Sperrinks Nursery, Gazeley

An archaeological evaluation by trial trenching was carried out for Hopkins Homes Ltd in advance of development at the Former Sperrinks Nursery Site, The Street, Gazeley, Suffolk. A total of twelve (out of a possible fourteen) evaluation trenches were excavated. A ditch was recorded in three of the trenches and one trench contained a modern spread of material. One of the ditches contained post-medieval tile and these linear features were probably originally field ditches. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. GAZ027 NMR No. 1591023 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: ''''Sample Trenches'''' Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: National Planning Policy Framework - NPPF Site status: None Current Land use: Other 15 - Other PROJECT LOCATION Area 14210.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL71986444 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services Design originator: NPS Archaeology Director/Manager: Nigel Page Supervisor: Rob Brown DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: NPS Archaeology Contents: 'other' Media: 'Images vector', 'Spreadsheets', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Contents: 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Notes: Finds (modern pottery sherd and 19th-century roof tile) not retained BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at the Former Sperrinks Nursery Site, The Street, Gazeley, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Brown, R. Other Bibliographic Details: Report 2014/1311 Date: 2014 Issuer/Publisher: NPS Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Norwich Description: A4 paper, double-sided, spiral-bound, colour-printed; pdf