Site Event/Activity record ESF20956 - Excavation - Land to the rear of Kessingland Primary School, Kessingland

Part of a Middle Bronze Age ditched enclosure or field system was identified in the northern part of the site and traced into the grounds of the neighbouring school. The associated finds assemblage includes a small but important group of domestic pottery together with worked flints and three cylindrical loomweights, all indicative of occupation in the immediate area. Carbonised residues on the interiors of two pot sherds have provided calibrated radiocarbon dates of between 1420 and 1260 BC. A small pit or posthole inside the postulated enclosure and three similar features located outside the enclosed area also contained Middle Bronze Age pottery and represent the only evidence for activity contemporary with the enclosure / field system. Two of the pits/postholes contained moderate to high densities of emmer or spelt wheat grains. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. KSS 080 Planning Application No. DC/07/1827/FUL NMR No. 1539468 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Open-area excavation Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Monument Type(s)/Period(s): POSTHOLES Middle Bronze Age , ENCLOSURE Middle Bronze Age Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Middle Bronze Age , LOOM WEIGHTS Middle Bronze Age , FLINTS Middle Bronze Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 3420.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM53048664 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: William Fletcher Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: Kieron Heard DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: KSS 080 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Metal, Stratigraphic, Survey, Worked stone/lithics Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: KSS 080 Contents: Stratigraphic Media: Photograph, Plan, Report, Section, Context sheet PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: KSS 080 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics, Environmental BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Post-excavation assessment report: Land to the rear of Kessingland Primary School, Kessingland, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Heard, K. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS report number: 2008/233 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, 68 page, wire bound