Site Event/Activity record ESF22769 - Excavation - Land west of Barrow Hill, Barrow

In March and April 2014 archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) carried out an archaeological excavation at Barrow Hill, Barrow, Suffolk. The excavation was commissioned by Hopkins Homes Ltd and was undertaken in advance of the proposed construction of a residential development. It was required to comply with a planning condition attached to planning permission for the residential development of the site (Ref. SE/12/1535/FUL), based on advice from Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Conservation Team. The excavation comprised the controlled strip, map and excavation of the entrance/access roads in the eastern part of the site - the entrance section c.65m long. And the excavation of an area centred on the Early Bronze Age feature (Pit F1019) identified in Evaluation Trench 19. The excavation recorded medieval (13th-15th century) and post-medieval/modern activity. Area 1 centred on Pit F1019 (Tr.19) and revealed a medieval pit (F2038), a modern pit (F2022) and four undated pits (F2018, F2020, F2032 and F2034). To the east (Area 2) undated boundary ditches were recorded (F2003, F2006, F2008 and F2024) were revealed. A group of three intercutting pits (F2010, F2014 and F2016) comprised two features modern date with the earliest (F2014) containing material to indicate that it was of medieval (13th-15th century) date.