Site Event/Activity record ESF24253 - Evaluation at Priors Lodge

A single trench evaluation carried out in the grounds of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. A 2.5 x 2.5 metre trench was opened and later extended to a 3.6 x 4.2 metre L-shaped trench. Plan and section drawings were made. Removal of the topsoil revealed the top of an L-shaped section of flint and mortar wall. Stacked stone blocks were found outside the line of the wall to the south and west. Beneath the walls were corrugated iron sheets and wooden beams which had collapsed into the space between the walls. Underneath this was a staircase running east to west.