Site Event/Activity record ESF22290 - Monitoring, Kings Head Hotel, 6 New Market, Beccles, Suffolk

PROJECT DETAILS Monitoring of foundation trenches for a retaining wall and concrete pad to the rear of the 17th century coaching inn. The monitoring recorded a small area of cobbled surface abutted by brick rubble foundations survived to the south. These overlay an older brick surface dating to the early 19th century which in turn sealed a pit containing a timber post (not in situ) and CBM demolition material. The northern and eastern areas of the site were noted as suffering significant intrusive disturbance in the 19th and 20th centuries. The archaeological evidence therefore points to at least two phases of demolition and redevelopment. Earlier timber structures were demolished and replaced with brick structures and a rough cobbled surface in the early to middle 19th century. These in turn were demolished in the 20th century and replaced first with a tarmac surface and later a concrete surface. The only surviving evidence of earlier structures is a re-deposited timber post. In situ features and finds pre-dating the early 19th century were most likely destroyed or substantially disturbed during modern redevelopment over the last 200 years. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: Sitecode BCC 038 Contracting Unit No. P1013 Planning Application No. DC/10/1242 NMR No. 1581441 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: '''''Watching Brief''''' Reason for Investigation: National Planning Policy Framework - NPPF Site status: Conservation Area Current Land use: Other 15 - Other Monument Type(s)/Period(s): COACHING INN Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): TIMBER POST Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 340.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM42219037 Point Height 0.13 - 0.14 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Britannia Archaeology Ltd Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Matthew Adams Director/Manager: Timothy Schofield Supervisor: Matthew Adams DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk HER Contents: 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey' Media: 'GIS', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk HER Contents: 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Drawing', 'Map', 'Microfilm', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Survey ' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Kings Head Hotel, 6 New Market, Beccles, Suffolk; Archaeological Monitoring Author(s)/Editor(s): Adams, A. Other Bibliographic Details: R1016 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: Britannia Archaeology Ltd Place of Issue or Publication: Stowmarket, Suffolk Description: Bound A4 report and A3 figures.