Site Event/Activity record ESF22330 - Test Pit Excavation - The Guildhall and 79 Whitling Street, Bury St Edmunds

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Location

Location The Guildhall and 79 Whitling Street, Bury St Edmunds
Grid reference Centred TL 8528 6406 (28m by 18m) (7 map features)
Map sheet TL86SE
Civil Parish BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Seven test pits were excavated in the grounds of the Medieval guildhall and to the rear of the current plot of 79 Whiting street. The test pits revealed well preserved archaeological deposits across the site. The pits were excavated to a maximum depth of 2m.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Gill, D. 2014. Archaeological Excavation Report: Test Pits at the Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Medieval domestic features including drying ovens at land behind 79 Whitling Street (Monument)
  • Medieval flint precinct wall and pits at the land to the rear of The Guildhall (Monument)

Record last edited

Sep 1 2022 3:22PM

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