Site Event/Activity record ESF22480 - Evaluation - Land southeast of Bury St Edmunds

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Location

Location Land southeast of Bury St Edmunds
Grid reference Centred TL 8682 6267 (983m by 1545m)
Map sheet TL86SE
Civil Parish NOWTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK
Civil Parish BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Evaluation was carried out on c.59ha of arable farmland. Forty-two 50m long by 1.8m wide trenches were opened on the north side of the river (c.35.9ha area) which identified deposits dating to the prehistoric and early Anglo-Saxon periods including several ring ditchs. The natural geology was at a depth of between 0.3m-0.8m. A further twenty-eight 50m trenches were opened to the south of the river in a 24ha arable field The trench plan was placed to target a variety of geophysical anomalies and known areas of cropmarks. The field lay across the natural north-east facing slope of the Lark valley, with the eastern portion lying on the floodplain (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Craven, J.. 2015. Archaeological Evaluation Report: Land southeast of Bury st Edmunds.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Early Saxon occupation, probably prehistoric ring ditch, post-medieval ditches at land South East Bury St Edmunds (Monument)
  • Group of Neolithic/Bronze Age ring ditches (Monument)

Record last edited

Aug 22 2022 3:26PM

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