Site Event/Activity record ESF19468 - Monitoring, 1 Pinbush Road, Carlton Colville

An archaeological evaluation and subsequent monitoring was undertaken in advance of an extension to the Harrod factory at Pinbush Road, Gisleham, in order to characterise the nature of any surviving archaeological deposits. An early Iron Age site was recently discovered just to the south of this site (CAC 035) and scattered Prehistoric finds are recorded on the county Sites and Monuments Record in the area. The site is also just to the east of Bloodmoor Hill, an area with abundant archaeology including an Anglo-Saxon settlement and cemetery site. Five trenches were excavated over the development area, and were stripped to the level of the natural subsoil. Four of the five trenches produced no archaeological evidence. Trench 4 however, had a buried soil horizon with scattered flints of Mesolithic to Bronze Age date, as well as some probable Iron Age pottery found in association with a small burnt area, a possible domestic hearth, within this soil horizon. Occasional flint flakes were also found in the top and subsoil within this trench. This evidence is of a similar age to that found at the adjacent CAC 035 and suggests a small area of prehistoric activity. Subsequent monitoring of the area surrounding trenches 4 and 5, during the excavation of the building footings, revealed no further archaeology. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Sitecode CAC 036 HER event no. CAC 036 Planning Application No. W/8554/18 NMR No. 1441420 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Urban commercial (e.g. offices, shops, banks, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Targeted 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: Industry and Commerce 4 - Storage and warehousing Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Modern Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): FLINT FLAKE Mesolithic, POTTERY Iron Age , FLINT FLAKE Bronze Age , POTTERY Mesolithic, POTTERY Bronze Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.41 Hectares Grid Reference: TM52738956 Point Height 30.00 - 32.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: Clare McLannahan DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: CAC 036 Contents: Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: CAC 036 Contents: other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Drawing, Map, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: CAC 036 Contents: Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: CAC 036 - 1 Pinbush Road, Carlton Colville Author(s)/Editor(s): McLannahan, C Other Bibliographic Details: 2006/102 Date: 2006 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: SCCAS