Site Event/Activity record ESF22286 - Evaluation and Monitoring, Hall Farm, Hoo, Suffolk

PROJECT DETAILS Hoo, land at Hall Farm, Church Lane (HOO 014, TM 2566 5942) evaluation trenching for a new grain silo close to the recorded find spot of Roman period pottery revealed one large and one small ditch of later 1st to mid 2nd century date plus an undated small ditch. Subsequent monitoring of ground works recorded a short length of another small ditch which proved to be of probable middle Saxon date. However in general the soil strip for the hard-standing for the silo was too shallow to reveal any other archaeological features though one rim sherd of Ipswich ware was recovered as a stray find while a stray sherd of later Saxon Thetford type ware was recovered during the initial trenching works. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. HOO 014 NMR No. 1581458 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Farm infrastructure (e.g. barns, grain stores, equipment stores, etc.) Methods and Techniques: '''''Sample Trenches''''' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Cultivated Land 3 - Operations to a depth more than 0.25m Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Early Medieval , DITCH Roman Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): ANIMAL BONE Roman, SHELL Roman, ECOFACT Roman, POTTERY Roman, POTTERY Early Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 400.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM25665942 Point Height 33.00 - 34.00 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: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Hall Farm, Church Lane, Hoo, Suffolk- Archaeological Evaluation and Monitoring Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Newman, J Date: 2013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