Site Event/Activity record ESF19362 - Evaluation, Land to the rear of The Dun Cow, School Lane, Barwell, 2006

A section of a large ditch fronting School Lane in Bardwell was excavated as part of an evaluation of the site in advance of development. Bardwell is laid out around a pattern of streets that form a square and the ditch was possibly part of a circuit that followed the inside edge of the roads. The ditch is fed by a rising spring so would have always contained water and glazed earthenware pottery found in the lower fill indicated that the ditch was still open in 16th-18th century. A Roman coin, a Numis of the House of Constantine dated 318-324AD, was also found. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. SE/06/1923 Sitecode BAR 071 Related HER No. BAR 071 NMR No. 1447114 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Small-scale (e.g. single house, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): TILE Post Medieval , POTTERY Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 510.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL94297388 Point Height 32.00 - 33.00 metres 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: David Gill Supervisor: David Gill DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics Media: Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Stratigraphic, other Media: Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land to the rear of the Dun Cow, School Lane, Bardwell, BAR 071 Author(s)/Editor(s): 'Gill, D.J.' Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No 2006/164 Date: 2006 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: Standard SCCAS A4 Report