Site Event/Activity record ESF20852 - Evaluation at Warren Farm, Badwell Ash

An archaeological evaluation was carried out at Warren Hill Farm, Badwell Ash and demonstrated that there has been domestic occupation on the site since at least the 16th century. A hollow in which pottery, animal bone and building material was found just behind the frontage and this has been interpreted as a kitchen midden. The midden was a structured feature in that it contained a bed of large flints to allow it to be free draining, but the fine silts of the upper fills suggests that despite this the top of the deposit was 'muddy'. The midden produced only a limited range of finds that were mostly quite worn and fragmentary. However the pottery assemblage displays only slight abrasion and indicates a degree of consistency in terms of dating. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Sitecode BAA 025 Planning Application No. 1578/07 NMR No. 1534646 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Small-scale (e.g. single house, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , ANIMAL BONE Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 1000.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM99166925 Point Height 41.50 - 42.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: David Gill Supervisor: David Gill DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Stratigraphic Media: Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Stratigraphic Media: Context sheet, Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land at Warren Farm, Badwell Ash, BAA 025: Archaeological Evaluation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, D. J. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2011/016 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS client report, A4, comb bound, colour, white cover (also available as PDF)