Site Event/Activity record ESF20589 - EDF Cable Trench, Leiston Abbey

Archaeological monitoring of the excavation of a 0.4m deep trench for a new electricity cable revealed a series of disturbed and re-deposited layers. In the north-south trench running immediately east of the farmhouse, a bonded flint and mortar wall and capped well were recorded, but not damaged by the excavations. The northernmost east-west trench run contained evidence of a cobbled surface likely to be associated with the farmhouse complex and further west, under the tarmac road, layers of demolition rubble may represent the re-use of materials from the abbey and post-dissolution buildings which existed within the site as hardcore for tracks and yard surfaces. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: SM No. 21405 HER event no. LCS 155 NMR No. 1526708 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Watching Brief Reason for Investigation: Scheduled Monument Consent Site status: Scheduled Monument (SM) Current Land use: Other 8 - Land dedicated to the display of a monument Monument Type(s)/Period(s): WALL Medieval , FEATURE Uncertain, WELL Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): STONE Medieval , TOKEN Medieval , CBM Medieval , CBM Post Medieval , POTTERY Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 500.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM44496417 Point Height 14.00 - 15.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: English Heritage Design originator: Chris Savvides Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Linzi Everett DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: AHDS ID: LCS 155 Contents: other Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: LCS 155 Contents: other Media: Correspondence, Photograph, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: LCS 155 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Glass, Metal, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: LCS 155 EDF Cable Trench, Leiston Abbey Author(s)/Editor(s): Everett, L. Other Bibliographic Details: 2010/116 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: SCCAS