Site Event/Activity record ESF21002 - A12 Flood Alleviation Scheme, Blythburgh

Desk based assessment in association witha scheme to improve the flood defences on the A12 where it crosses the River Blyth. The results of this DBA suggest there is a moderate to high potential for encountering Anglo-Saxon, medieval and post-medieval archaeological remains due to the location of the PDA, which lies along the line of a causeway and bridge that has been in use from at least the Anglo-Saxon period. The present site of the bridge is c. 30m to the west of the site of the bridge recorded on the tithe map of 1841. This is probably the result of the new bridge, that was built in the 1850s, being alongside the existing bridge in order enable the earlier bridge to stay in use during the construction phase, or it may be related with the need to create a bridge over the Southwold Railway, which opened in the 1879. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: NMR No. 1544128 Project Type: Desk based assessment Development Type: Road scheme (new and widening) Methods and Techniques: Documentary Search, Visual Inspection Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Current Land use: Transport and Utilities 2 - Other transport infrastructure Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 1.70 Hectares Grid Reference: TM45187578 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Mark Sommers DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Images raster / digital photography, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Report, Unpublished Text BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: A12 Flood Alleviation Scheme, Blythburgh, Suffolk Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment Author(s)/Editor(s): Sommers, M. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2011/081 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, comb bound, white cover (also available as PDF)