Site Event/Activity record ESF22995 - Monitoring, Toppesfield Hall, Market Place, Hadleigh, Suffolk

PROJECT DETAILS Britannia Archaeology Ltd (BA) undertook a programme of archaeological monitoring on the excavation of garden wall and cart-lodge foundation trenches at Toppesfield Hall, Hadleigh, Suffolk (NGR 602530 242330). The site appears to have remained largely free from development or intrusive ground activity. A fairly thick layer of colluvium has accumulated on the slope down towards the River. Flint wall (1007) was present at the north-eastern end of the new wall foundation trench, adjacent to the existing Hall. It is recorded on the Tithe map of 1839, but not the later cartographic sources. The wall construction materials and stratigraphic relationship with subsoil 1002 would suggest that it is post-medieval in date and is probably associated with the construction of the existing building. The original construction cut of the existing pond (1013) was present in the southern cart-lodge foundation trenches. It has subsequently silted up at the edge and been encroached upon by the colluvium subsoil (1002). The pond appears to have been man-made and is also likely to be post-medieval in date. Cartographic sources show it to have been square in shape until at least the 1920's. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No Associated Identifiers: Contracting Unit No. P1021 HER event no. HAD 142 NMR No. 1592436 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: '''''Watching Brief''''' Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): FLINT WALL Post Medieval , POND Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 2703.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM0253042330 Point Height 18.00 - 19.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Britannia Archaeology Ltd Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Tim Schofield Director/Manager: Matthew Adams Supervisor: Matthew Adams DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk HER ID: HAD 142 Contents: 'none' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk HER ID: HAD 142 Contents: 'none' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Drawing', 'Microfilm', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: TOPPESFIELD HALL, MARKET PLACE, HADLEIGH, SUFFOLK - ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING Author(s)/Editor(s): Adams, M.C. Other Bibliographic Details: R1033 Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: Britannia Archaeology Ltd Place of Issue or Publication: Stowmarket, Suffolk Description: A4 thermal bound report with A3 figures URL: http://www.britannia-archaeology.com