Site Event/Activity record ESF20812 - Evaluation - Stowmarket Golf Club, Great Finborough

Evaluation and monitored stripping prior to the construction of a reservoir on land northwest of Great Finborough Parish Church located a post-medieval boundary ditch present on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, in addition to an earlier field system of uncertain date, and some shallow modern linear features. A small fragment of prehistoric pottery was foudn within the undated ditch system, though it appears to be residual. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: HER event no. FNG 036 Contracting Unit No. 2010/166 Planning Application No. 2757/08 NMR No. 1532727 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Golf course 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 Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Cultivated Land 2 - Operations to a depth less than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Uncertain, DITCH Modern, DITCH Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): BONE Uncertain, BRICK Modern, POTTERY Late Prehistoric PROJECT LOCATION Area 7.50 Hectares Grid Reference: TM01225800 Point Height 50.00 - 60.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: William Fletcher Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Simon Cass DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Environmental, Animal Bones, Ceramics Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Map, Notebook - Excavation, Research, General Notes, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Evaluation Report 2010/166 Stowmarket Golf Course, Great Finborough FNG 036 Author(s)/Editor(s): Cass, S. Other Bibliographic Details: 2010/166 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A short report, in house style, documenting the results of the evaluation and subsequent monitored strip prior to the construction of a reservoir for Stowmarket Gofl Course.