Site Event/Activity record ESF20699 - Abbey Farm Habitat Creation, Snape
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Location
Location | Abbey Farm habitat creation |
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Grid reference | Centred TM 385 579 (833m by 654m) |
Map sheet | TM35NE |
Civil Parish | SNAPE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
The excavation of new ditches and ponds, and re-profiling of existing ditches as a part of an RSPB/Environment Agency habitat creation scheme was carried out on land at Abbey Farm, Snape. This required a programme of archaeological monitoring in order to record the deposit sequences revealed and any archaeological interventions present. No archaeological evidence was observed in the course of these groundworks, either in the form of incised features or pre-modern artefacts. A second phase of work monitored the insertion of a sluice gate along the southern boundary of the site and on the line of the former Great Eastern Railway (Snape Branch). A series of crag sand layers were revealed which were likely to have been imported deposits associated with the construction of the railway line during the ninteenth century. A layer of material which included fragments of medieval masonary likely to have originated from Snape Priory, to which this land formerly belonged, was also incorporated into the railway line construction material.
Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes
Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known
Associated Identifiers:
HER event no. SNP 097
Planning Application No. C/08/0009
NMR No. 1529910
Project Type: Recording project
Investigation Type: Watching Brief
Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16
Site status: None
Monument Type(s)/Period(s): N/A None
Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): CBM Medieval , WORKED STONE Medieval
PROJECT LOCATION
Area 21.00 Hectares
Grid Reference: TM388579 Point
Height 0 - 5.00 metres
PROJECT CREATOR(S)
Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body
Design originator: William Fletcher
Director/Manager: John Newman
Supervisor: Linzi Everett
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: AHDS
ID: SNP 097
Contents: other
Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text
PAPER ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
ID: SNP 097
Contents: other
Media: Correspondence, Unpublished Text
PHYSICAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
ID: SNP 097
Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: SNP 097 Abbey Farm habitat creation, Snape
Author(s)/Editor(s): Everett, L.
Other Bibliographic Details: 2009/170
Date: 2010
Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS
Place of Issue or Publication: SCCAS
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF53672 Unpublished document: Everett, L.. 2009. Archaeological Monitoring Report, Abbey Farm Habitat Creation, Snape, SNP 097.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- SNP 097 Abbey Farm Habitat Creation, Snape (Monument)
Record last edited
Jan 8 2011 9:39AM