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Archaeological evaluation report: Land at 109 High St/Brett Works, Hadleigh (Eval 2) |
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Suffolk Archaeology unpublished report series
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suffolka1-327729_1.pdf (21 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was carried out at the former Brett Works site to the rear of 109, High Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in advance of a housing development. This was the second programme of trial trenching; a previous evaluation had taken place across the north of the site in 2017. Four short trenches, totalling 63m, were positioned across the site to avoid obstacles and surrounding groundworks. Two of the trenches showed high degrees of disturbance and truncation. Another trench, which extended westwards towards the edge of the floodplain and the River Brett, showed an undisturbed soil profile, including a probable alluvium horizon. A trench near the southern edge of the site, despite being highly disturbed, revealed two deep and substantial features. These were ditches of probable post-medieval date but one of them contained residual pottery of medieval date. The southern edge of the site is close to Hadleigh Hall (the core of which is a medieval manor) and the Church of St Mary (of Saxon foundation) so earlier finds are perhaps not that unexpected. The site is likely to have been badly damaged and heavily landscaped, probably during the 19th and 20th centuries, so only the more robust earlier features would survive |
Author: |
Jezz Meredith
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Publisher: |
Suffolk Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2018
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HAD 159 Land at 109 High Street/Brett Works |
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Suffolk |
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Babergh |
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HADLEIGH |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 602430, 242550 (Easting, Northing)
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suffolka1-327729 |
OBIB: |
SACIC rpt 2018/085 |
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Short report of 2nd evaluation, A4 spiral bound
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Created Date: |
17 Jul 2019 |