Site Event/Activity record ESF23608 - Excavation - The Old Thatches, Preston St Mary

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Location

Location
Grid reference Centred TL 9410 5134 (17m by 20m)
Map sheet TL95SW
Civil Parish PRESTON ST MARY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Archaeological excavation was carried out on the now-demolished property known as ‘The Old Thatches’. A thatch fire and the subsequent removal of the listed status by English Heritage allowed the remains to be demolished. Excavation was carried out by hand and no on-site metal detecting was carried out (S1). Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. PSM 031 Contracting Unit No. 2012/030 NMR No. 1540205 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: 'Full excavation' Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Residential 1 - General Residential PROJECT LOCATION Area 150 Square metres Grid Reference: TL94105133 Point Height 65 - 70 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Jess Tipper Director/Manager: David Gill Supervisor: David Gill DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: PSM 031 Contents: 'none' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: PSM 031 Contents: 'none' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Correspondence', 'Drawing', 'Map', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: 1 / 92 / 3 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: 'The Old Thatches', Rookwood Lane, Preston St Mary Author(s)/Editor(s): Muldowney, M, Gill, D. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2012/030 Date: 2009 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: Standard A4 spiral bound report.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Gill, D & Muldowney, M. 2012. Archaeological Monitoring Report: 'The Old Thatches', Rookwood Lane, Preston St Mary.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Site of Medieval timber framed building and later a Post Medieval house. (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 29 2016 1:38PM

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