Site Event/Activity record ESF20517 - Evaluation and Excavation, Eastgate Barns Area A, Bury St Edmunds

A programme of archaeological work was undertaken on the site of Eastgate Barns, Bury St Edmunds ahead of redevelopment, creating a new yard and offices, with a second area to be developed by Orange for a new mobile phone mast. The work was funded by Proflat Roofing and Orange. The project consisted of seven archaeological evaluation trenches followed by an open area excavation to the north and south of Trench 1. No archaeological deposits were identified in Trences 3,6 and 7 and the northern half of Trench 4 indicating heavy modern ground disturbance. In the southern half of Trench 4 early boundary ditches and boundary wall were identified. Two boundary walls were excavated in Trench 2. The excavation area covered the ruined farmhouse and the area immediately surrounding it and included Trenches 1 and 5 from the evaluation. After the initial topsoil strip of the excavation area a decision to preserve in situe the majority of the archaeological deposits was made (S1).