Site Event/Activity record ESF19284 - Evaluation, Land off Fengate Drove, Brandon

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Location

Location BRD 189, Land off Fengate Drove, Brandon
Grid reference Centred TL 7818 8724 (200m by 85m)
Map sheet TL78NE
Civil Parish BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

An archaeological evaluation of land off Fengate Drove, Brandon, identified only limited evidence of post-medieval activity prior to its use as a timber yard in the 19th and 20th centuries, indicating that the site in the past has generally been undeveloped open land. A substantial ditch was seen marking the county boundary, together with two other ditches running alongside the course of Fengate Drove and a large dump of flint waste from the local 19th/20th gunflint or building industries. An earlier but undated ditch, on a different alignment to the post-medieval features was also identified. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: Sitecode BRD 189 HER event no. BRD 189 OASIS form ID F/2004/0800/RMA Planning Application No. APP/H3510/A02/1090716 Related HER No. 42776 WWB Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Current Land use: Vacant Land 3 - Despoiled land (contaminated derelict and ?brownfield? sites) Monument Type(s)/Period(s): BOUNDARY DITCH Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): GUN FLINT WASTE Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 8700.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL78198724 Point Height 5.00 - 6.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: Andrew Tester Supervisor: John Craven Sponsor or funding body: PfP Development DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Worked stone/lithics Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Worked stone/lithics Media: Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land off Fengate Drove, Brandon, BRD 189 Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J.A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2005/176 Date: 2005 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS Evaluation report

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Craven, J.. 2005. Archaeological Evaluation Report, Land off Fengate Drove, Brandon.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Medieval to post-medieval County boundary ditch (Monument)

Record last edited

May 25 2018 10:36AM

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