Site Event/Activity record ESF22199 - Monitoring, The Bell Inn, High Street, Brandon, Suffolk

PROJECT DETAILS Brandon, The Bell Inn, High Street (BRD 225, TL 7842 8667) monitoring of ground works for ancillary bedroom accommodation to the rear of the public house revealed extensive evidence for 19th and early 20th century pitting and the chalk floor for stabling of later Post medieval date that formerly stood on the site. In the eastern footing trench, making it at the most distant part of the foundations from the Public house building, a square, brick lined cesspit of 19th century date was revealed. While only of late 19th to early 20th century the fill of this brick lined pit was of a classic pub/inn clearance type containing bottles, fragments of wine glasses in addition to sherds of late 19th/early 20th century transfer printed pottery. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. BRD 225 NMR No. 1579750 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: '''''Watching Brief''''' Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: Conservation Area Current Land use: Other 15 - Other Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PITS Post Medieval , CESSPIT Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , BOTTLES Modern, POTTERY Modern, BRICK Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 70.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL78428667 Point Height 7.00 - 8.00 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 Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Glass' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Glass' Media: 'Report' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Landowner Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Glass' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: The Bell Inn, High Street, Brandon, Suffolk- Archaeological Monitoring Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Newman, J Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: John Newman Archaeological Services Place of Issue or Publication: Henley, Suffolk Description: Loose bound client report