Site Event/Activity record ESF23695 - Watching Brief - Kessingland Wind Farm, Kessingland

An archaeological watching brief was carried out ahead of the construction of two wind turbines, a switch room and temporary access roads at Africa Live. Each turbine occupied a circular area measuring 21m in diameter and had an adjacent area of 900m.sq prepared as a hard standing for a crane requiring deposits to be removed a depth of 0.3m. Turbine 1 required the construction of an approach road and a drainage channel was dug parallel to this. The watching brief revealed a small gulley at Turbine 2 with several worked flints (S1). Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. KSS 083 Contracting Unit No. BAU2325 NMR No. 1600381 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: ''Watching Brief'' Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: None Current Land use: Other 15 - Other PROJECT LOCATION Area 1500 Square metres Grid References: TM520859 Point, TM516862 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services (Jess Tipper) Design originator: NPS Archaeology (David Whitmore) Director/Manager: NPS Archaeology (Nigel Page) Supervisor: Stuart Calow DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: NPS Archaeology Contents: 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Images vector', 'Spreadsheets', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: SCCAS Contents: 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Report' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: SCCAS Contents: 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Watching Brief for the Kessingland Wind Farm at Africa Alive, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Calow, S. Other Bibliographic Details: Report 2325 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: NPS Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Norwich Description: A4 paper, double-sided, colour printed, spiral-bound; PDF