Site Event/Activity record ESF20147 - Evaluation of land east of The Granary, Stoke Road, Clare

Northamptonshire Archaeology undertook a desk-based assessment and trial trench excavation of land east of The Granary, Stoke Road, Clare, Suffolk. A moderate quantity of late Neolithic and early Bronze Age worked flint was recovered from the ploughsoil and as residual finds in later features. Residual Roman pottery and tile were also recovered. Medieval remains marked the continuation of a street frontage in a similar style to the properties that survive along Stoke Road to the north-east. A building with associated clay floor, posthole and gully features, a ditch and a pit, were present in the late 12th-14th centuries. Plots were laid out to the rear. A thick windblown soil layer accumulated rapidly as an event, probably during the 14th century. Pits and a ditch cut the windblown layer. Another building was identified in association with a gravel surface and a disturbed layer of floor tile that indicated a property present on the frontage, possibly until the 15th century. Late 19th to early 20th-century quarrying was focused in the north-west of the development area, exploiting patches of sand and gravel. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: Sitecode CLA 061 Museum accession ID CLA 061 NMR No. 1521186 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Not recorded Methods and Techniques: Targeted Trenches Position in the Planning Process: Not known / Not recorded Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Current Land use: Grassland Heathland 2 - Undisturbed Grassland, Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): BUILDINGS Medieval , PIT Medieval , PLOT BOUNDARIES Medieval , LAYER Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Roman, MILLSTONE Medieval , LAVA QUERN Medieval , FLOOR TILE Medieval , LITHIC IMPLEMENT Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 2.04 Hectares Grid Reference: TL76554498 Point Height 45.00 - 50.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Design originator: Northamptonshire Archaeology Director/Manager: Myk Flitcroft CgMs Consulting Supervisor: Jim Brown PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: CLA061 Contents: other Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Miscellaneous Material, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: CLA061 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Metal, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: An archaeological evaluation of land east of The Granary, Stoke Road, Clare, Suffolk, October 2009 Author(s)/Editor(s): Brown, J Other Bibliographic Details: 09/167 Date: 2009 Issuer/Publisher: Northamptonshire Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Northamptonshire Archaeology Description: A4, bluenspine, heat bound, clear cover to show picture