Site Event/Activity record ESF22560 - Post Excavation Assessment: B1113 Stowmarket to Great Blakenham Underground Cabling

PROJECT DETAILS Fieldwork was carried out on part of the route of the B1113 Stowmarket to Great Blakenham underground cabling. Two sites of archaeological interest were identified, both on relatively high ground in the vicinity of the Saxon Park and Brick Kiln Caravan Parks, Barrett's Lane, Barking. At Site 1, part of a prehistoric or Roman field system was represented by four shallow, parallel ditches spaced about 4-5m apart. These contained occasional small and abraded sherds of black, hand-made pottery in fine sandy and flint-tempered fabrics. The prehistoric/Roman ditches were overlaid by a rectilinear ditch system and associated pitting with two clear phases of use dating to the 13th-14th century. Although the function of the ditch system is unclear the presence of moderate amounts of relatively unabraded pottery and an environmental assemblage that included charred cereals and peas suggest that there was a settlement in the immediate vicinity. The ditches also contained residual Anglo-Saxon and earlier medieval pottery, indicating earlier phases of activity at this site. Site 2, located approximately 200m southeast of Site 1, contained only an undated pit. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. BRK 136 NMR No. 1589822 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: '''''Open-area excavation''''' Reason for Investigation: Water Act 1989 and subsequent code of practice Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Uncertain, DITCH Medieval , PIT Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 250.00 Square metres Grid References: TM07995588 Line, TM08735377 Line PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: Rhod Gardner Supervisor: Kieron Heard DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: BRK 136 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Metal', 'Stratigraphic', 'Survey', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: BRK 136 Contents: 'Stratigraphic' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: BRK 136 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: B1113 Stowmarket to Great Blakenham underground cabling, BRK 136: Post-excavation Assessment Author(s)/Editor(s): Heard, K Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS report number 2014/011 Date: 2014 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, 75 pages, wire bound with card covers