Site Event/Activity record ESF21349 - Excavation Land off Lady Lane, Hadleigh

Excavation after evaluation on land between Lady Lane and Tower Lane, Hadleigh revealed phases of Iron Age, medieval and post-medieval activity including occupation deposits and post-structures, as well as field boundaries and pits. The excavation located an area of early Iron Age occupation, with several poststructures and a probable small trackway, with hearth debris pits and domestic artefacts such as loom weights and spindle whorls suggesting that the larger post-structures could well have been dwellings, as well a single pit positively identified as being of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date, with a small amount of disassociated 'stray' finds identified in the hill wash deposit to the south of the site. In addition, elements of late post-medieval/modern field boundaries were found across the site. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. HAD 085 OASIS form ID suffolkc1- 64067 HER event no. HAD 089 Planning Application No. B/06/01488/OUT/MF NMR No. 1550043 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Open-area excavation 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): ROUND HOUSE Early Iron Age, PIT Early Iron Age, POSTHOLE Early Iron Age, DITCH Early Iron Age, PIT Early Bronze Age , PIT Late Neolithic, PIT Post Medieval , DITCH Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): BONE Post Medieval , BONE Modern, BONE Medieval , BONE Early Iron Age, POTTERY Modern, POTTERY Post Medieval , POTTERY Medieval , POTTERY Early Iron Age, FIRED CLAY Early Iron Age, POTTERY Late Neolithic, POTTERY Early Bronze Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 4350.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM03974315 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Simon Cass DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Metal, Worked stone/lithics Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Survey, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Metal, Stratigraphic Media: Context sheet, Map, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Metal, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land off Lady Lane, Hadleigh Archaeological Post-Excavation Assessment Author(s)/Editor(s): Cass, S. Other Bibliographic Details: 2011/054 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A post-excavation assessment report, in house style, bound and card-covered as usual.