Site Event/Activity record ESF20149 - Excavation, Land off Bures Road, Great Cornard
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Location
Location | COG 025 Land off Bures Road, Great Cornard |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 888 395 (94m by 69m) |
Map sheet | TL83NE |
Civil Parish | GREAT CORNARD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
An archaeological excavation was carried out on land off of Bures Road, Great Cornard in advance of the relocation of Sudbury Rugby club grounds in May 2007. The excavation has identified evidence of funerary activity in the Bronze Age period, with a possible earlier phase of occupation in the Mesolithic/Early Neolithic. Features identified consisted of a sparse scatter of pits lying adjacent to a small ring ditch with central pit. A small finds assemblage, predominantly consisting of struck flint, indicated that activity on the site was not domestic in nature. Although no human burial was identified the ring ditch and pit are clearly related to the wider landscape of Bronze Age funerary activity that is known in the vicinity, with several ring ditches, originally identified by aerial photograpy, lying immediately to the north-west. Recent excavations by SCCAS in 2009 of two of these large ring ditches, on the former rugby pitch, also identified another example of a small ring ditch. Following the prehistoric period there is no evidence of any activity on the site until the post-medieval period where three linear ditches probably represent former field boundaries. A recommendation has been made for the site results to be considered in any future archaeological publication of these latter excavations.
Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes
Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No
Associated Identifiers:
HER event no. COG 025
Sitecode COG 025
Planning Application No. B/03/01504/FUL
NMR No. 1521115
Project Type: Recording project
Investigation Type: Full excavation
Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16
Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m
Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Post Medieval , PIT Bronze Age , RING DITCH Bronze Age
Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): STRUCK FLINT Bronze Age , STRUCK FLINT Neolithic
PROJECT LOCATION
Area 2612.00 Square metres
Grid Reference: TL888395 Point
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: John Craven
Supervisor: John Craven
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: Worked stone/lithics
Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text
PAPER ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: Worked stone/lithics
Media: Context sheet, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section, Survey
PHYSICAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: Worked stone/lithics
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: Land off Bures Road, Great Cornard, COG 025
Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J. A.
Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2010/046
Date: 2010
Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS
Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds
Description: SCCAS evaluation report
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF50445 Unpublished document: Craven, J.. 2010. Archaeological Excavation Report, Land off Bures Road, Great Cornard, COG 025.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- COG 025 Land off Bures Road, Great Cornard. (Monument)
Record last edited
Feb 5 2020 12:57PM