Site Event/Activity record ESF21354 - Desk-Based Assessment - Land adjacent to Risbygate Street and Nelson Road

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Location

Location Land adjacent to Risbygate Street and Nelson Road
Grid reference Centred TL 8502 6442 (66m by 93m)
Map sheet TL86SE
Civil Parish BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

The results of this DBA suggest that the PDA is in an area of high archaeological potential on the edge of the urban core of Bury St Edmunds. Although outside the town wall the PDA lays on the approach road to one of the medieval gates and is one of the major routes in and out of the town. Documentary and archaeological records show that Risbygate Street was a well established suburb by the early medieval period with dense residential and commercial occupation along the frontage and would be similar to the medieval streets within the urban core. There are reasonable grounds to suggest that preserved archaeological remains are present within PDA.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Rolfe, J.. 2009. Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Land adjacent to Risbygate Street and Nelson Road, bury st Edmunds.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Medieval features, Land of Risbygate Street and Nelson Road, Bury St Edmunds (Monument)
  • Post-medieval features, Land of Risbygate Street and Nelson Road, Bury St Edmunds (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 31 2018 1:45PM

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