Site Event/Activity record ESF19156 - Monitoring - Carrs Garage, Thetford Road

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Location

Location Carrs Garage, Thetford Road
Grid reference Centred TL 85146 66192 (55m by 52m)
Map sheet TL86NE
Civil Parish FORNHAM ST MARTIN, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Monitoring of area to the rear of Carrs Garage, topsoil was stripped to a depth of no more than 300mm. The area was fieldwalked, only a few patches of modern rubble were encountered.The contractors had removed the fill of a ditch which ran approximately parallel to the road frontage across the entire site, visible as a field boundary on early 19th century map. The site was not stripped to natural subsoils and no archaeological remains were disturbed (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Anderson, S.. 2003. Monitoring - Carrs Garage, Thetford Road, Bury St Edmunds.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 19th century field boundary, Carrs Garage, Thetford Road (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 27 2018 11:53AM

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