Site Event/Activity record ESF20544 - Evaluation Land east of 13 East Lane, Bawdsey

An evaluation (field-walking / metal detecting followed by trial trenching) was carried out at the above site in advance of a housing development. Ten trenches (total area 506m2) were excavated, representing approximately 5% of the area of the proposed development. Prior to the evaluation the site was in agricultural use. The drift geology of the site is crag. In the southern half of the site this is overlaid by discontinuous deposits of subsoil interpreted as the remains of a former ploughsoil. Extensive dumped deposits of medieval date, probably associated with wholesale land reclamation or the backfilling of a former watercourse, extend across most of the northern half of the site. Three cut features in the southern half of the site - a small pit and an unspecified feature of medieval date, and a large, undated pit - might indicate medieval occupation along the East Lane frontage. In light of these results a recommendation is made that an archaeological monitoring of ground work associated with the proposed development should be carried out. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. BAW 163 Planning Application No. C/07/0368/OUT Sitecode BAW 163 NMR No. 1526233 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Metal Detectors, Fieldwalking, Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Current Land use: Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Medieval , LAYER Medieval , PIT Uncertain, FEATURE Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): SHELL Post Medieval , SHELL Roman, BURNT FLINT Uncertain, CBM Roman, CBM Medieval , CBM Post Medieval , FIRED CLAY Medieval , POT Medieval , POT Early Medieval , POT Roman, POT Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 1.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TM3488540063 Point Height 4.90 - 5.40 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Kieron Heard DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, other, Animal Bones Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, other Media: Context sheet, Miscellaneous Material, Report, Section, Survey PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land east of 13 East Lane, Bawdsey, Suffolk BAW 163 Author(s)/Editor(s): Heard, K. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2010/032 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, ring bound, white cover