Monument record PAL 024 - St John's House Hospital, Lion Road (Preh)

2005: Evaluation revealed a single prehistoric pit, pottery and a single flint tool (S1).
An archaeological excavation of land at St John's House Hospital, Lion Road, Palgrave identified scattered prehistoric finds (S2).
See also Rom Sax and Post med.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2005 (S3).

2006: An excavation, following an evaluation in 2005, revealed further evidence of a phase of Roman activity, consisting of a series of ditches and scattered rubbish pits. The remnants of a disturbed, undated human burial were also recovered and a post-medieval structure more fully investigated. The excavation also confirmed the absence of any activity relating to the medieval chapel of St John the Baptist that is believed to lie in the vicinity. Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2006 (S4).
Full report to follow.