Site Event/Activity record ESF21799 - Evaluation at Hog Lane, Westhall

An archaeological evaluation was conducted for St Lawrence Hall Farms Ltd ahead of the construction of an Anaerobic Digestor Plant and Broiler Unit. A total of 37 trenches were excavated, producing evidence of a small medieval (probably 13th-century) settlement and a possible prehistoric pit in the north-eastern corner of the development area and a number of broadly north-south aligned field boundaries to the west and south. These ditches are most likely post-medieval field boundaries visible on 19th and 20th century maps that were removed in the later 20th century although may have represented the continuation of field systems with prehistoric origins. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. WHL028 Contracting Unit No. BAU2533 NMR No. 1568833 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural commercial Methods and Techniques: '''Sample Trenches''' Position in the Planning Process: Between deposition of an application and determination Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Medieval , DITCH Uncertain, PIT Medieval , POST-HOLE Late Prehistoric, PIT Late Prehistoric Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POT Medieval , POT Post Medieval , FLINT BLADE Late Prehistoric PROJECT LOCATION Area 3.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TM39188349 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services (Sarah Poppy) Design originator: David Whitmore Director/Manager: David Whitmore Supervisor: Steve Hickling DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: NAU Archaeology Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Survey', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Spreadsheets', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Unpublished Text' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: An Archaeologcial Evaluation at Hog Lane, Westhall, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Hickling, S. Other Bibliographic Details: Report No. 2523 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: NAU Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Norwich Description: A4, double-sided, colour-printed, spiral bound, paper; pdf