Site Event/Activity record ESF20835 - Evaluation - Bowling Green, Magdalen Street, Hadleigh

An archaeological evaluation was carried out on the former bowling green on Magdalen Steet, Hadleigh, in advance of a proposed development. Three 20m trenches were excavated across the site but no archaeological features of any period were identified and no artefacts were recovered. The natural subsoil consisted of a pale orange/brown sandy silt with occasion flints. The natural topography rises to the east and to create a level green material has either been deliberately dumped, or has possible accrued through cross slope ploughing, resulting in the depth of the subsoil varying from 0.45m close to the north-east edge of the site to just over 1m towards the south-west boundary. The overburden consisted of a clayey topsoil containing only very occasional fragments of red brick/tile. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. B/09/00602/FUL NMR No. 1532693 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Urban residential (e.g. flats, houses, etc.) 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 - PPS Site status: Local Authority Designated Archaeological Area Current Land use: Other 14 - Recreational usage PROJECT LOCATION Area 2200.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM02774248 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Mark Sommers DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: HAD116 Contents: other Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: HAD116 Contents: other Media: Correspondence, Notebook - Excavation, Research, General Notes, Plan, Report BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Evaluation Report: Bowling Green, Magdalen Street, Hadleigh Author(s)/Editor(s): Sommers, M. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS 2011/010 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: printed sheets of A4 paper with card covers and a plastic comb binding