Site Event/Activity record ESF21593 - Desk Based Assessment at Three Ponds, Chickering Road, Hoxne

A Desk Based Assessment has set the site within the known archaeological landscape through an examination of the Suffolk Historic Environment Record (HER), documentary and cartographic search, and historic building assessment. The site consists of potential moated enclosures lying on the eastern edge of the medieval Heckfield Green. As such it lies in an area of high potential for evidence of medieval occupation and is a site of local importance. Further archaeological fieldwork has been recommended to mitigate the impact of potentai ldevelopment. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: Sitecode HXN 050 HER event no. HXN 050 NMR No. 1566207 Project Type: Desk based assessment Development Type: Small-scale (e.g. single house, etc.) Methods and Techniques: ''Documentary Search'', ''Visual Inspection'' Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): MOAT Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): N/A None PROJECT LOCATION Area 0 Hectares Grid Reference: TM18907597 Point Height 45.00 - 45.00 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 SMR Contents: 'other' Media: 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: 'other' Media: 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Three Ponds, Chickering Road, Hoxne Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J. A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2010/149 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS DBA report