Archaeological evaluation on land east of the Constable Country Medical Centre, Heath Road, East Bergholt, Suffolk, IP9 2LX: August 2017

An archaeological evaluation (61 trial-trenches) was carried out on land to the east of Constable Country Medical Centre, Heath Road, East Bergholt, Suffolk in advance of the construction of a mixed-use development including up to 75 dwellings, a pre-school and a neighbourhood hub, with associated infrastructure and landscaping. The evaluation followed a desk-based assessment and geophysical survey of the site.
Twenty-eight features – either undated or dating to the post-medieval or modern periods – were uncovered, two of which may represent the remains of a former field boundary detailed in historic mapping of the area, plus evidence of a brick kiln.