Site Event/Activity record ESF22009 - Evaluation, Land west of Church Cottages, Brightwell

PROJECT DETAILS Thirteen trenches were excavated on land west of Church Cottages, Brightwell, as a condition of planning consent to develop the site. Various pits and ditches were recorded which are likely to be associated with extensive field systems in the area known from air photos and suggested within the study area by the results of a geophysical survey of the site in 2013. Very few of the features identified matched positive anomalies from the survey. Archaeology was densest in the northern end of Trench 6 where four linear features were recorded, one of which was rich in artefacts of Late Iron Age and Early Roman date. Elsewhere, features were scattered and dating evidence was sparse but mainly of Roman or Prehistoric date. In Trench 8, a ditch contained late medieval or post-medieval artefacts and in Trench 10 one of three intercutting ditches contained pottery of post-Roman, possibly Saxon, date. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. BGL 049 Planning Application No. C/12/1628 NMR No. 1574883 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Farm infrastructure (e.g. barns, grain stores, equipment stores, etc.) Methods and Techniques: '''Targeted 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: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Uncertain, DITCH Roman, DITCH Post Medieval , DITCH Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): LITHICS Late Prehistoric, CERAMIC Post Medieval , CERAMIC Late Iron Age , POTTERY Early Medieval , CERAMIC Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 1.85 Hectares Grid Reference: TM24634341 Point Height 16.00 - 24.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Linzi Everett DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: AHDS ID: BGL 049 Contents: 'other' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: BGL 049 Contents: 'other' Media: 'Correspondence', 'Unpublished Text' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: BGL 049 Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: BGL 049, Land west of Church Cottages, Brightwell Author(s)/Editor(s): Everett, L. Other Bibliographic Details: 2013/27 Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: SCCAS