Site Event/Activity record ESF22972 - Excavation, Land West of Mill House, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk

PROJECT DETAILS Between October and November 2014, Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) undertook and archaeological excavation on land to the west of Mill House, The Street, Darsham. The excavation was carried out in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning approval for the construction of 15 new dwellings and was preceded by an archaeological trial trench evaluation, also conducted by AS. In the event the project encountered an enclosed medieval (11th/ 12th to 15th century AD) landscape, largely confined to the north-eastern area of the site and comprising a single definable enclosure, several substantial boundary features and a short section of possible E-W aligned trackway. A number of pits, including a possible pond and a well were also dated to the medieval period. Most of the pits appeared to comprise single use features, most probably dug for refuse disposal. The bulk of the medieval finds assemblage is domestic in character, comprising pottery and animal bone, but also includes a Cu alloy brooch. Two possible prehistoric cremation deposits (undated) and a small number of post-medieval/ early modern features were also encountered. The latter included a pair of parallel ?beam slots. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Contracting Unit No. P5673 Sitecode DAR 030 NMR No. 1592165 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: Other 15 - Other Monument Type(s)/Period(s): CREMATIONS Uncertain, DITCHES; PITS; ?WELL; ?POND Medieval , DITCHES; ?BEAM SLOTS Medieval , DITCHES/ GULLY; PITS; POSTHOLES Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): CREMATED BONE Uncertain, STRUCK FLINT Bronze Age , POTTERY; CU ALLOY BROOCH; CBM; ANIMAL BONE Medieval , CU ALLOY SPUR Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.80 Hectares Grid Reference: TM4149070170 Point Height 25.00 - 28.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Brief originator: SCC AS Conservation Team Design originator: Jon Murray Director/Manager: Jon Murray Supervisor: Jim Fairclough, Kamil Orzechowski 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: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Land West of Mill House, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Mustchin, A Other Bibliographic Details: Archaeological Solutions Report No. 4792 Date: 2015 Issuer/Publisher: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds