Site Event/Activity record ESF20563 - Former Sue Ryder Care Home, The Old Rectory, Cavendish

Monitoring of groundworks associated with the renovation and extension of the care home. A number of post-medieval archaeological features were recorded, including boundary ditches, pits and a single post hole. No further burials were revealed to add to the graves found during work on the site in the 1970's. Finds from the medieval and post-medieval periods were recovered during the fieldwork. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Not known, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. CAV 049 Planning Application No. SE/09/0245 NMR No. 1526587 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Watching Brief Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Residential 2 - Institutional and communal accommodation Monument Type(s)/Period(s): POST-HOLE Post Medieval , PIT Post Medieval , DITCH Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , POTTERY Medieval , CBM Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.47 Hectares Grid Reference: TL806464 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: John Craven Supervisor: Duncan Stirk DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: none Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: none Media: Context sheet, Microfilm, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Glass BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Former Sue ryder Care Home, The Old Rectory, Cavendish Archaeological Monitoring Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Stirk, D. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No 2010/031 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St. Edmunds