Site Event/Activity record ESF23453 - Evaluation - Phase 2, Land east of Warren Avenue. Saxmundham

PROJECT DETAILS This second phase of site evaluation comprised 28 trenches, undertaken to further test the results of the geophysical survey and expand the earlier evaluation of the site. Additional areas of colluvial deposits were uncovered, consistent with the geophysical survey and prior evaluation results. These layers contained occasional archaeological artefacts ranging in date from Mesolithic/Early Neolithic to post-medieval. Identifiable cut features were scattered, with the majority of the features located at the north end of the site. Recorded features predominantly comprised Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age pits. A ring ditch, probably the remains of a Middle Iron Age roundhouse, was associated with further pits of the same date - perhaps denoting the presence of a small farmstead. Single pits have also been dated as Roman and medieval, while several ditches of post-medieval date relate to the late land enclosure and cultivation of this location. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Contracting Unit No. 8426 HER event no. SXM 036 Sitecode ESF22629 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: '''Sample Trenches''' Position in the Planning Process: After outline determination (eg. As a reserved matter) Reason for Investigation: National Planning Policy Framework - NPPF Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): POSTHOLE Late Prehistoric, RING DITCH Middle Iron Age , PIT Medieval , PIT Late Prehistoric, DITCH Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , FIRED CLAY Late Prehistoric, GLASS Post Medieval , CBM Post Medieval , WORKED FLINT Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Roman, POTTERY Middle Iron Age , POTTERY Late Prehistoric PROJECT LOCATION Area 0 Square metres Grid Reference: TM3896063260 Point Height 13 - 23 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Design originator: Archaeology South-East Director/Manager: Andy Leonard Supervisor: Ian Hogg, Samara King DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archive Store Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Spreadsheets' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archive Store Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Map', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archive Store Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Evaluation: Land East of Warren Avenue, Church Hill, Saxmundham, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): King, S. Other Bibliographic Details: ASE rep. 2015333 Date: 2015 Issuer/Publisher: Archaeology South-East Place of Issue or Publication: Witham, Essex Description: A4 size report of approximately 45 pages including plans and photographs (bound paper copy and PDF) URL: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/