Site Event/Activity record ESF21337 - Evaluation, Long Melford Primary School

An archaeological evaluation was carried out immediately to the west of the existing school buildings off Cordell Road in the centre of Long Melford. Two trenches were excavated, all of which revealed evidence of later Iron Age/early Roman occupation on the site in the form of ditches, pits, a structural feature and a buried mixed soil layer. Redeposited earlier Iron Age pottery and later prehistoric flint were also recovered as well as Roman pottery dating to the 2nd century or later. The levels of preservation varied, mainly due to modern truncation by a pond in Trench 1, although there were still substantial levels of surviving features and other deposits. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: Sitecode LMD 192 Contracting Unit No. 2011/184 HER event no. LMD 192 NMR No. 1549384 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Public building (e.g. school, church, hospital, medical centre, law courts etc.) Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Other 15 - Other Monument Type(s)/Period(s): LAYER Roman, PITS Roman, POST HOLE Roman, DITCHES Roman Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): ANIMAL REMAINS Roman, LITHIC IMPLEMENTS Late Prehistoric, SLAG Roman, NAILS Roman, SPINDLE WHORL Roman, MOUNT Medieval , COIN Post Medieval , GOLD FRAGMENT Uncertain, TILE Roman, POT Post Medieval , POT Roman, POT Iron Age , CBM Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 310.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL864453 Point Height 34.20 - 34.40 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Andrew Tester Supervisor: Rob Brooks DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: LMD 192 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Industrial, Metal, Stratigraphic, Survey, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Database, GIS, Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: LMD 192 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Industrial, Metal, Stratigraphic, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Map, Plan, Report, Section, Survey PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: J/115/3 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Industrial, Metal, Worked stone/lithics, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Primary School Evaluation, Long Melford, LMD 192, Archaeological Evaluation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2011/184 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: A4, comb bound, white cover, in colour, with 6 appendices (also available as a pdf)