Site Event/Activity record ESF20509 - Monitoring - St. Edmunds Church, Bury St Edmunds

Monitoring was undertaken during the construction of a wheelchair ramp on the eastern side of St Edmunds Church. The monitoring revealed a wall cutting into a clay layer under which two features were identified and excavated. The excavated area consisted of a modern topsoil layer, 0.2m deep, over a heavily disturbed rubble and dark brown/grey sandy clay, which at its deepest point was 0.5m deep. This layer appears to be build up over the earlier wall and may indicate landscaping around the church building. The footing trench for the construction of the church is also visible running parallel to the church wall about 0.5m wide.Further layers, located to the west of the wall, consisted of a dark grey/brown silt 0.55m deep and sealed by a gravelly hardcore layer (S1).