Site Event/Activity record ESF20901 - Monitoring - 3 Chequer Square, Bury St Edmunds

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Location

Location 3 Chequer Square
Grid reference Centred TL 8553 6400 (12m by 9m)
Map sheet TL86SE
Civil Parish BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Monitoring of trench excavations for ground beams during the construction of a garage in the garden at 3, Chequer Square. The construction plan called for the sinking of mini-piles with connecting ground beams. The piling was carried out and the excavation of the connecting trenches was monitored. As arhcaeological deposits were exposed in the base of the trenche this was cleaned over selected areas, as were lengths of section. The monitoring revealed the remains of clay floors, flint, and flint and mortar walls from a medieval building beneath layers of pegtile, fronting onto Bridewell Lane. Over most of the development the archaeological levels lay undisturbed and are preserved beneath the standing building (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Tester, A.. 2005. A Report on the Archaeological Monitoring, 2004, 3 Chequer Square, Bury St Edmunds, BSE 230.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 3 Chequer Square, Bury St Edmunds (Monument)

Record last edited

May 30 2018 1:58PM

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