Site Event/Activity record ESF21603 - Excavation at Land Adjacent to The Old Rectory, Bedfield

Bedfield, land adjacent to The Old Rectory, Long Green (BED 025, TM 2180 6668) Following an evaluation which recorded two shallow pits of probable medieval date on a c0.25 hectare area adjacent to a now largely filled-in moated site an area 4.5m x 12m was stripped of top and subsoil centred on these features. This small scale area excavation revealed a further 5 similar small, shallow, pits; 4 of which contained small quantities of medieval pottery sherds. Palaeoenvironmental sampling indicates that these pits contained low density concentrations of general domestic waste. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. BED 025 OASIS form ID johnnewm1-114665 NMR No. 1566340 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: '''Full excavation''' Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Grassland Heathland 2 - Undisturbed Grassland Monument Type(s)/Period(s): POST HOLE Modern, PIT Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Medieval , ECOFACTS Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 2500.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM21806668 Point Height 61.00 - 62.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: John Newman Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: John Newman DIGITAL ARCHIVE Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Environmental' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Environmental' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: 'Ceramics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land Adjacent to The Old Rectory, Bedfield, Suffolk- Archaeological Excavation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Newman, J Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: John Newman Archaeological Services Place of Issue or Publication: Henley, Suffolk Description: Loose bound client report