Monument record BGL 049 - Land west of Church Cottages, Brightwell
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 2462 4342 (228m by 82m) |
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Map sheet | TM24SW |
Civil Parish | BRIGHTWELL, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
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 (S1).
See BGL 048 for geophysical survey results (S2)
Sources/Archives (2)
- <S1> SSF55007 Unpublished document: Everett, L.. 2013. Archaeological Evaluation Report, Land west of Church Cottages, Brightwell.
- <S2> SSF56016 Unpublished document: Allen, M. & Evershed, R.. 2013. Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry - On Land West of Church Cottages, Brightwell Street, Brightwell, Suffolk.
Finds (5)
- FSF37934: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FSF37935: POTTERY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF37936: POTTERY (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- FSF37937: POTTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF37938: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation, Land west of Church Cottages, Brightwell (Ref: OASIS-suffolkc1-146088) (ESF22009)
- Event - Intervention: Excavation, Land west of Church Cottages, Brightwell (Ref: OASIS-suffolkc1-240889) (ESF23429)
- Event - Survey: Geophysical Survey - Land West of Church Cottages, Brightwell Street, Brightwell (Ref: OASIS-allenarc1-141034) (ESF23483)
Record last edited
May 16 2018 2:51PM