Site Event/Activity record ESF21454 - Excavation, Westley Hall Farm reservoir

An area of 0.77ha was stripped for an excavation on land at Hall Farm, Westley prior to the construction of a reservoir. The excavation identified a line of circular pits dating to the Middle Iron Age, portions of a Roman field system, a Late Saxon building and post-medieval ditches. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: OASIS form ID johnnewm1_84697 NMR No. 1553665 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Full excavation Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH ENCLOSURE Roman, PIT ALIGNMENT Middle Iron Age , BUILDING Early Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): WORKED FLINT Middle Iron Age , POT Roman, POT Early Medieval , POT Middle Iron Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.80 Hectares Grid Reference: TL81956452 Point Height 71.73 - 73.38 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Dr Abby Antrobus Director/Manager: Jo Caruth Supervisor: A Beverton DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: WLY 011 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Glass, Metal, Stratigraphic, Survey, Worked stone/lithics, other Media: Images raster / digital photography, Spreadsheets, Survey, Text, Database PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: WLY 011 Contents: Environmental, Stratigraphic, Survey, other Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: WLY 011 Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Glass, Metal, Worked stone/lithics, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Westley Hall Farm, Westley Author(s)/Editor(s): Andrew Vaughan Beverton Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2011/161 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS Standard Client Report, A4, Comb bound, double sided and in colour.