EDO5570 - St Leonards Hospital, St Leonards and St Ives; evaluation 2001

Evaluation of the proposed site of a care village at the former hospital recorded no significant archaeological activity. The evaluation forms the Stage III results of an archaeological survey, the first stage of which was represented by a desk-based assessment (AC doc. 0101/1/0) prepared in January 2001. This assessment concluded that the remains of some 18th century structures may remain in the north-eastern corner of the site. Five machine-excavated trenches were positioned in this area in an attempt to locate any such remains. No archaeological features or deposits were uncovered by these trenches, suggesting that any buildings had been demolished and the area cleared of rubble prior to the construction of the current hospital in the late 1940s. It was concluded that the site is one of very low archaeological significance and that the development would have no impact on the local historical resource.