Site Event/Activity record ESF19630 - Excavation, Churchfield Road

An archaeological excavation was carried out on land at Churchfield Road, Chilton, in advance of light industrial development. The site, which lay adjacent to the medieval Church of St Mary's and a former medieval green, identified evidence of settlement in the 11th - 14th centuries. Despite the limited size of the site and probable heavy truncation a scatter of features indicated that the area had been sub-divided into smaller plots or yards and may have contained one or two post and beam structures together with associated rubbish pits. The finds assemblage clearly demonstrated the presence of settlement during the early medieval and medieval periods. No evidence was seen of any activity contemporary with the Late Bronze or Early Iron Age enclosure, CHT 009/015, which lies immediately to the west. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. CHT 018 Sitecode CHT 018 Planning Application No. B/04/01795/FUL NMR No. 1465457 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Open-area excavation Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Current Land use: Vacant Land 2 - Vacant land not previously developed Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Medieval , PIT Medieval , POSTHOLE Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Medieval , CBM Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 460.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL88874222 Point Height 55.00 - 60.00 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: Andrew Tester Supervisor: John Craven DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Human Bones, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Human Bones, other, Worked stone/lithics Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Human Bones, Worked stone/lithics, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Plot 8, Churchfield Road, Chilton CHT 018 Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven., J. A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No.2007/021 Date: 2007 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS Excavation report