Site Event/Activity record ESF19860 - Montoring, All weather pitch, Orwell Park School, Nacton

An area on the north bank of the River Orwell was stripped and levelled for an all weather hockey pitch for Orwell Park School. Despite the likely location of this site for past settlement (on a raised terrace above the river) little evidence for past use was discovered. This was partly due to the shallow scrape of the ground level reduction, the method of excavation (involving a box scraper which tracked over the exposed surface) and the very dry and dusty conditions which made visibility poor. A small quantity of post-medieval (17th to 19th centuries AD) finds was recovered from the machined surface. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. NAC 101 Planning Application No. C/05/0978/FUL Planning Application No. C/06/0314/FUL NMR No. 1446532 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Watching Brief Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Other 14 - Recreational usage Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None, NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , PIPE Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 2.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TM21473953 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Consultant Design originator: client's consultant Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: Jezz Meredith DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Miscellaneous Material PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: NAC 101, All Weather Hockey Pitch, Orwell Park School, Nacton: Archaeological Monitoring Author(s)/Editor(s): Meredith, J. Other Bibliographic Details: 2006/154 Date: 2006 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: 3 pages, 2 figs