Site Event/Activity record ESF21994 - Evaluation - Clayhill Farm, Clay Hill Lane, Lavenham, Suffolk

Evaluation trenching for a planned large scale dwelling, garage and storage barn plus extensive related landscaping revealed only one feature which can be identified from aerial photographs as a field boundary ditch that was filled in after 1945. Trench 1 was 10m long, 1.6m wide, up to 0.3m deep, trench 2 was 10m long, 1.6m wide, up to 0.4m deep. The scarcity of archaeological features was paralleled by the general lack of stray finds in the upcast spoil as no pottery sherds of any date were seen and the few fragments of brick and tile were small and of little significance. Finally a thorough metal detector search of the trenches and upcast spoil recovered only ferrous finds with the majority being assorted nails plus occasional small fragments of later Post medieval agricultural origin.