Site Event/Activity record ESF22186 - Evaluation, Former Parma Site, High Street, Wickham Market

PROJECT DETAILS An archaeological evaluation was conducted for Hopkins and Moore (Developments) Ltd ahead of the redevelopment of a site at Wickham Market in Suffolk. The site was adjacent to the High Street and was occupied, until recent demolition, by a 1950s office building and 1970s works buildings along with their associated car parking and areas of hard standing. Following the removal of the upstanding buildings, their concrete slabs and the areas of hardstanding, trial trenches were excavated to investigate the archaeological potential of the site. It was intended to open four trenches but only two were excavated as it was clear that the preparation of the site for the demolished buildings had included substantial terracing across the site. The site had been terraced to such an extent that the levels had been reduced to a point within the underlying natural sand and therefore, any archaeological deposits that may have been present prior to this truncation had been removed. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: NMR No. 1577613 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: '''Sample Trenches''' Position in the Planning Process: Between deposition of an application and determination Reason for Investigation: National Planning Policy Framework - NPPF Site status: None Current Land use: Vacant Land 1 - Vacant land previously developed Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.30 Hectares Grid Reference: TM30325623 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services Design originator: NPS Archaeology Director/Manager: Nigel Page Supervisor: Nigel Page DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: NPS Archaeology Contents: 'other' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Contents: 'other' Media: 'Report' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation Former Parma Works, High Street, Wickham Market, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, N. Other Bibliographic Details: Report 2811a Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: NPS Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Norwich Description: A4 paper, colour-printed, spiral-bound, double-sided; PDF