Site Event/Activity record ESF22857 - Evaluation, Land West of Mill House, The Street, Darsham

PROJECT DETAILS In March 2014 Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) carried out an archaeological trial trench evaluation. The majority of the features recorded during the evaluation were located in approximately the north-eastern quadrant of the site, and the medieval (11th - 14th century) features were wholly within this quadrant. Principally the features were ditches, and the medieval ditches were roughly perpendicular to each other. Four pits were recorded and were slight and undated, two of the pits were comparable and each contained burnt cremated bone; the features are undated but may represent prehistoric cremations. The features within Trenches 5 and 6 contained medieval pottery. The medieval pottery occurred in small numbers (, but three features contained 208, 23 and 164 sherds. CBM, animal bone and shell were also present within the medieval assemblages. Sparse struck flint was also found. A fragment of a copper alloy post-medieval spur was found on the spoil heap derived from Trench 6. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Contracting Unit No. P5673 Sitecode DAR030 NMR No. 1591046 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: '''Targeted Trenches''', '''Sample Trenches''' Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Grassland Heathland 2 - Undisturbed Grassland Monument Type(s)/Period(s): CREMATIONS Uncertain, PIT Uncertain, DITCH Medieval , PIT Medieval , DITCH Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Medieval , FRAGMENT OF POST-MEDIEVAL COPPER ALLOY SPUR Medieval , ANIMAL REMAINS Medieval , LITHIC IMPLEMENT Late Prehistoric, HUMAN REMAINS Uncertain PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.80 Hectares Grid Reference: TM414701 Point Height 25.00 - 28.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Conservation Team Design originator: Jon Murray Director/Manager: Jon Murray Supervisor: Jim Fairclough DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: 'Survey' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: 'Survey' Media: 'Drawing', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Survey ' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: 'Metal' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land West of Mill House, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Fairclough, J Other Bibliographic Details: Archaeological Solutions Report No. 4535 Date: 2014 Issuer/Publisher: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds