Site Event/Activity record ESF21469 - Land off New Road, Long Melford

Archaeological evaluation and monitoring of three house plots on land at New Road, Long Melford, identified a series of large pits of early Roman date. The finds assemblage from the pits indicates domestic activity in the vicinity from the Late Iron Age/Roman through to the mid Roman periods. By the mid 3rd century significant activity in the area appears to have ceased with features being sealed by a late Roman soil layer. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. B/06/00404/FUL Planning Application No. B/06/00405/FUL Planning Application No. B/06/00406/FUL HER event no. LMD 165 Sitecode LMD 165 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Current Land use: Other 13 - Waste ground Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Roman, PIT Roman Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): COIN Roman, BROOCH Roman, POTTERY Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 1200.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL86014528 Point Height 30.00 - 31.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: John Craven Supervisor: John Craven DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Metal, Worked stone/lithics Media: Context sheet, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: Worked stone/lithics, Metal, Animal Bones, Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Lan of New Road, Long Melford. LMD 165. Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J. A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2012/025 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Description: SCCAS evaluation report