Providing a contracting service to record archaeological
sites through survey and excavation.
The Field Team within the Archaeological Service at Suffolk County
Council is a self-financing unit with a staff of some 25
experienced archaeologists based in Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich. We
regularly carry out over 100 projects a year with the majority
being development related, though other projects include research
and community based ones as funding sources allow.
The development related projects range in size from single house
sites up to 50 hectare plus developments, calling for the
preparation of reports for Environmental Impact Assessments and
subsequent large scale field evaluations and excavations. To ensure
an efficient and cost effective service for our clients much of the
post-excavation, or reporting, work is carried out in-house and we
also offer high quality specialist finds assessment and analysis on
a variety of artefact types.
In summary the Field Team has extensive experience of the
following levels of archaeological investigation and reporting:
- rapid appraisal for archaeological implications of potential
development sites using local and national records;
- desktop studies involving complex aerial photograph, historical
map and document studies;
- site evaluation by geophysical survey (sub-contracted), field
walking, earthwork and coastal survey and trial trenching;
- detailed building recording and interpretation;
- site monitoring during construction work;
- full-scale archaeological excavation of small, medium and large
scale sites;
- follow up assessment and archive reports;
- assessment and full analysis of any artefacts found and
- full analysis and publication of project
results.
Contact details
John Newman
Field Projects Manager
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
St Edmund House
Rope Walk
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 1LZ
Telephone: 01473 583290 or 583288
Email:
fieldprojects@et.suffolkcc.gov.uk