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Archaeological Evaluation at Fairfield Road, Framlingham Archaeological Evaluation Report 1 June 2017 Client: CGMS Consulting on behalf of Taylor Wimpey East Anglia Issue©Oxford No: Archaeology v1 Ltd i 17 May 2019 OA Reference No: 2081 NGR: TM 2887 6298 Archaeological Evaluation at Fairfield Road, Framlingham v1 Client Name: CGMS Consulting on behalf of Taylor Wimpey East Anglia Document Title: Archaeological Evaluation at Fairfield Road, Framlingham Document Type: Evaluation Report Report No.: 2081 Grid Reference: TM 2887 6298 Planning Reference: DC/14/2747/FUL Site Code: FML078 Invoice Code: XSFFRA17 Receiving Body: Suffolk County Council Accession No.: ESF22521 OA Document File Location: X:\Active Projects_Use KT\Suffolk\XSFFRA17_Framlingham OA Graphics File Location: X:\Active Projects_Use KT\Suffolk\XSFFRA17_Framlingham Issue No: v1 Date: May 2017 Prepared by: Daria Tsybaeva (Field Supervisor) Checked by: James Drummon-Murray (Senior Project Manager) Edited by: Aileen Connor (Senior Project Manager) Approved for Issue by: Paul Spoerry Signature: Disclaimer: This document has been prepared for the titled project or named part thereof and should not be relied upon or used for any other project without an independent check being carried out as to its suitability and prior written authority of Oxford Archaeology being obtained. 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[email protected] w. oxfordarchaeology.com Oxford Archaeology is a registered Charity: No. 285627 ©Oxford Archaeology Ltd iii 17 May 2019 Archaeological Evaluation at Fairfield Road, Framlingham v1 Archaeological Evaluation at Fairfield Road, Framlingham Archaeological Evaluation Report Written by Daria Tsybaeva MA. With contributions from Zoe Ui Choileain, Carole Fletcher, Sue Anderson, Rachel Fosberry, Simon Birnie and illustrations by Markus Dylewski. Contents Summary ............................................................................................................................................................... vii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................... viii 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Scope of work............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Location, topography and geology................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Archaeological and historical background..................................................................................................... 1 2 EVALUATION AIMS AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................... 3 2.1 Aims ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 2.2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................ 3 3 RESULTS .................................................................................................................. 5 3.1 Introduction and presentation of results ...................................................................................................... 5 3.2 General soils and ground conditions ............................................................................................................. 5 3.3 General distribution of archaeological deposits ............................................................................................ 5 3.4 The southern field ........................................................................................................................................ 5 3.5 The northern field ........................................................................................................................................ 7 3.6 Finds summary ........................................................................................................................................... 11 4 DISCUSSION .......................................................................................................... 13 4.1 Reliability of field investigation ................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 Evaluation objectives and results................................................................................................................ 13 4.3 Interpretation ............................................................................................................................................. 13 4.4 Significance ................................................................................................................................................ 14 APPENDIX A TRENCH DESCRIPTIONS AND CONTEXT INVENTORY ................................ 15 APPENDIX B FINDS REPORTS ........................................................................................ 25 B.1 Pottery ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 B.2 Ceramic Building Material .......................................................................................................................... 31 ©Oxford Archaeology Ltd iv 17 May 2019 Archaeological Evaluation at Fairfield Road, Framlingham v1 B.3 Fired Clay ................................................................................................................................................... 33 B.4 Metalwork .................................................................................................................................................. 33 B.5 Glass ........................................................................................................................................................... 35 B.6 Clay Tobacco Pipe ....................................................................................................................................... 36 APPENDIX C ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS ..................................................................... 38 C.1 Faunal Remains .......................................................................................................................................... 38 C.2 Environmental Samples .............................................................................................................................. 40 C.3 Mollusca ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 APPENDIX D BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................... 45 APPENDIX E OASIS REPORT FORM ............................................................................... 47 ©Oxford Archaeology Ltd v 17 May 2019 Archaeological Evaluation at Fairfield Road, Framlingham v1 List of Figures Fig. 1 Site location map Fig. 2 Trench layout Fig. 3 Trench layout overlain with geophysics and field walking survey results Fig. 4 Area of archaeogical activity Fig. 5 Selected sections List of Plates Plate 1 Pit 58, view from south-east Plate 2 Stone surface 69, view from south-west Plate 3 Stone surface 70 and overlying charcoal deposit 68, view from north-east Plate 4 Section of deposits 66, 68, stone surface (69-70), sealing deposit 67, view from north-west Plate 5 Pond 71, view from west Plate 6 Trench 4, view from north Plate 7 Trench 11, view from south-east Plate 8 Trench 27, view from north Plate 9 Pond 27, view from west Plate 10 Trench 30, view from south-west List of Tables Table 1. Pottery quantities by fabric Table 2. Pottery fabric distribution by context Table 3. Pottery summary catalogue Table 4. CBM quantities by form Table 5. CBM catalogue Table 6. Fired clay catalogue Table 7. Silver catalogue Table 8. Copper alloy catalogue Table 9. Iron catalogue Table 10. Glass catalogue Table 11. Clay Tobacco Pipe catalogue Table 12. Minimum number of individuals (animal bone results) Table 13. Bone catalogue Table 14. Environmental samples summary Table 15. Mollusca catalogue ©Oxford Archaeology Ltd vi 17 May 2019 Archaeological Evaluation at Fairfield Road, Framlingham v1 Summary Between 24 April and 9 May 2017 Oxford Archaeology East conducted an archaeological evaluation consisting of thirty trenches on two fields east of Fairfield Road, Framlingham, Suffolk (centered on TM 2887 6298). The evaluation has found archaological activity in proximity to the medieval