Site Event/Activity record ESF19931 - Anglian Water Sewage Pipe, Bourne Hill, Wherstead

An archaeological monitoring was carried out on land at Bourne Hill, Wherstead, in advance of the construction of a new sewer pipeline. An undated ring ditch is recorded on the County Historic Environment Record within the area of development, and so there was high potential for prehistoric and later evidence. A 10m wide strip was excavated from the top to bottom of the hill, and a pipe trench further excavated through this. Only hill wash was visible through much of the strip with natural subsoil only revealed at the bottom of the pipe trench and the top of the hill to the south. No archaeological features were revealed, and only unstratified finds recovered. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Related HER No. WHR 069 Sitecode WHR 069 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Pipelines/cables (e.g. gas, electric, telephone, TV cable, water, sewage, drainage etc.) Methods and Techniques: Visual Inspection, Metal Detectors Position in the Planning Process: Not known / Not recorded Reason for Investigation: Voluntary/self-interest Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Cultivated Land 4 - Character Undetermined Monument Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 8100.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM16044174 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: no brief - informal instruction from Local Authority Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: A Person Supervisor: Robert Atfield, Clare Good DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: WHR 069 Contents: Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: WHR 069 Contents: Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Map, Miscellaneous Material, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: WHR 069 Contents: Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: WHR 069 Anglian Water Sewage Pipe, Bourne Hill, Wherstead Author(s)/Editor(s): Good, C, Cass, S Other Bibliographic Details: 2008/250 Date: 2009 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: Bound A4 short report in house style.