Site Event/Activity record ESF30692 - Evaluation - Proposed Swimming Pool, Cockfield Hall, Yoxford

An archaeological evaluation was carried out on the site of a proposed swimming pool within the grounds of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford. A single trench with a total length of 21m was excavated down to the top of the natural subsoil. The site was located within a walled garden and it was discovered that the area had been levelled through truncation of the eastern half and deposition of material in the western half. No archaeological features or artefacts of any period were identified within the trench although it was noted that the walled garden had a possible 18th/19th century ‘hot wall’, an artificially heated wall for ripening fruit, which may be worthy of further recording.