Site Event/Activity record ESF21716 - Evaluation at Land North of Cheney's House Evaluation, The Causeway, Hitcham

Four evaluation trenches were excavated on land to the north of Cheney's House, west of The Causeway, Hitcham, in Suffolk. These trenches were excavated after the housing and car ports had already been constructed on the site, and were opened up in order to assess the archaeological potential of the site and the local area, as well as to explore the viability of excavating part of the remainder of the site. The trenches to the rear of the properties revealed no archaeological deposits and little evidence of disturbance. However the trenches nearer to the road uncovered two undated ditches and a pit, as well as two post-medieval pits/layers and a post-medieval pond. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. B/10/01495 HER event no. HTC 081 Sitecode HTC 081 Contracting Unit No. 2012/106 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Small-scale (e.g. single house, etc.) Methods and Techniques: '''''Sample Trenches''''' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: None Current Land use: Other 3 - Built over, Other 13 - Waste ground Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Uncertain, PIT Uncertain, POND Post Medieval , PIT Post Medieval , LAYER Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): BRICK Post Medieval , COIN Post Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Post Medieval , POT Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 1594.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL98735203 Point Height 82.00 - 83.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Sarah Poppy Director/Manager: John Craven Supervisor: Rob Brooks DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: HTC 081 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Metal', 'Survey', 'other' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Spreadsheets', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: HTC 081 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Metal', 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Correspondence', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Unpublished Text' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: H/80/4 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Metal' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land North of Cheney's House, The Causeway, Hitcham, HTC 081, Archaeological Evaluation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2012/106 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, comb bound, white cover, in colour, with four appendices (also available as a pdf)