Site Event/Activity record ESF21036 - Geotechnical Site Investigation, EDF Access, Leiston

Monitoring of test pits at Sizewell Power Station, Leiston was carried out in order to record any archaeological evidence revealed by the groundworks. Three areas were targeted and a total of 36 pits observed. These revealed significant modern disturbance in Zone Central (LCS 159), to a depth of over 4m in places, but little archaeological interest, with only three other pits containing anything other than undisturbed ground. These were a single pit with modern disturbance in Zone North (LCS 158), a pit with evidence of waterlogged deposits in the north of Zone South (LCS 160) and evidence of a channel, pond or wet hollow in the south of LCS 160. This latter feature contained a sherd of medieval pottery and lies just north of known medieval settlement evidence. A small quantity of unstratified medieval pottery was also collected from the plough soil in LCS 160. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Not known, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. LCS 158 Sitecode LCS 158 HER event no. LCS 159 Sitecode LCS 159 HER event no. LCS 160 Sitecode LCS 160 NMR No. 1545328 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Watching Brief Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Woodland 5 - Undetermined, Coastland 5 - Cliff and related features, Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POT Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 558.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TM469638 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jude Plouviez Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Linzi Everett, 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Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Correspondence, Report BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Monitoring Report, Geotechnical Site Investigation: EDF Access, Sizewell Power Station, Leiston, LCS 158; LCS 159; LCS 160 Author(s)/Editor(s): Everett, L., Sommers, M. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2010/208 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, comb bound, white cover, one appendix (also available as a PDF)