Site Event/Activity record ESF20181 - Evaluation - Honeypot Meadow, Bardolf Road, Bungay

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on the disused tennis courts in Honeypot Meadow, just to the north of Bardolf Road, Bungay. The archaeological evaluation was conducted in response to a planning condition set prior to a proposed small residential development. The work was conducted on behalf of Wellington Construction Ltd. A single long evaluation trench was excavated through the centre of the old tennis court. The topsoil was a loose dark brown silty sand with a subsoil which vaired between 0.6-0.7m. It had probably been subject to some landscaping prior to the laying of the tennis court. A thin subsoil comprising a light to mid brown silty sand, covered the site. It was patch and often 0.1m thick. The natural substratum was a very loose light yellow sand which became more gravel rich towards the southern part of the site. Four features were observed and excavated: a large medieval pit was located at the northern end of the trench, while a small undated pit and two pits containing pig burials lay towards the southern end of the trench (S1).