Site Event/Activity record ESF21457 - Land north of Alexandra Cottage, The Street, Walberswick

An archaeological monitoring was carried out during ground works related to planning application C/09/0934 on land to the rear of Alexandra Cottage, The Street, Walberswick in July 2011. This revealed extant archaeological features and deposits of Late medieval date, possibly forming a small outdoor smithy belonging to a larger house nearby. The Street appears unlikely to have moved much since the medieval period, with listed buildings of 16th century origin fronting onto the street in both directions, and it is suggested that the possible smithy belonged to a dwelling sited where Manor House/Manor Lodge now stand. No further works are recommended at this time, though this monitoring has added valuable knowledge to what is known about the medieval town of Walberswick that will be useful when sufficient data has been amassed for a synthetic assessment of the town. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. WLB 079 Planning Application No. C/09/0934 NMR No. 1553662 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: Targeted Trenches, 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: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Post Medieval , FLOOR Post Medieval , HEARTH Post Medieval , POSTHOLE Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , BONE Post Medieval , CBM Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 2513.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM49337481 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: K. Wade Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Kieron Heard DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Stratigraphic, Worked stone/lithics Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Stratigraphic, Worked stone/lithics Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Notebook - Excavation, Research, General Notes, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Environmental, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land North of Alexandra Cottage, Walberswick Author(s)/Editor(s): Cass, S. Other Bibliographic Details: 2011/178 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: An archaeological evaluation report in house style, wire-bound and card-covered in house style, 66 sides of A4.