Site Event/Activity record ESF21972 - Excavation, New Museum Store, West Stow Country Park

PROJECT DETAILS Excavation in advance of the construction of a new Museum Building identified five Anglo-Saxon sunken featured buildings and a posthole building, lying to the west of the reconstructed village - The project has been completed up to assessment with an agreement for further analysis and publication in place. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: Planning Application No. SE/07/0481 Sitecode WSW 076 NMR No. 1571764 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: '''Full excavation''' Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Community Service 2 - Leisure and recreational buildings Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Early Medieval , BUILDING Early Medieval , DITCH Late Neolithic, PITS Early Neolithic Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): COMB Early Medieval , STRAP END Early Medieval , WORKED FLINT Late Neolithic, COIN Roman, BROOCH Roman, LOOMWEIGHT Early Medieval , SPINDLE WORL Early Medieval , PIN BEATER Early Medieval , METAL WORKING WASTE Early Medieval , BEAD Early Medieval , DRESS HOOKS Early Medieval , ANIMAL BONE Early Medieval , POTTERY Early Medieval , POTTERY Roman, CBM Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 650.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL79947140 Point Height 19.00 - 19.50 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: Dr Jess Tipper Director/Manager: David Gill Supervisor: David Gill DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Industrial', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey', 'Wood', 'Worked bone', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Spreadsheets', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Industrial', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey', 'Wood', 'Worked bone', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Drawing', 'Matrices', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Unpublished Text' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Glass', 'Industrial', 'Metal', 'Wood', 'Worked bone', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: New Museum Store West Stow Country Park WSW076: Post-excavation assessment report Author(s)/Editor(s): 'Gill, D.J.' and 'Riddler, I.' Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS report No 2010/184 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS assessment report/soft bound/A4/colour