Site Event/Activity record ESF20942 - Evaluation, land adjacent The Nest, Wilby

Following a proposal to erect a new dwelling within the curtilage of ?late medieval and 16th century listed building a desk-based assessment traced the property back to the early Post medieval period as small, sub-tenanted farm of 16 acres called Plumptons. Subsequent evaluation on the proposed house plot site revealed a large feature which can probably be interpreted as a small pond with 15/16th century pottery in its basal fill and a small ditch of 17/18th century date. Examination of the historic cartographic sources combined with an overall site assessment did not support a suggestion that the property should be considered as a small moat. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. WBY 022 LBS No. 280258 NMR No. 1540548 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Small-scale (e.g. single house, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches, Documentary Search Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: Listed Building Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Post Medieval , POND Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , CBM Post Medieval , POTTERY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 100.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM24307188 Point Height 57.00 - 58.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: John Newman Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: John Newman DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: Ceramics, Environmental Media: Images raster / digital photography PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: Ceramics, Environmental Media: Context sheet, Plan, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: Ceramics, Environmental BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land Adjacent to The Nest, Wilby, Suffolk- Archaeological Evaluation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Newman, J Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: John Newman Archaeological Services Place of Issue or Publication: Henley, Suffolk Description: Loose bound client report