Monument record FML 039 - Medieval features and multi-period finds at Proposed Community Centre, Church Street, Framlingham

2001: Trenching within the footprint of the proposed new community centre revealed a deep deposit of recent (18th/19th century) rubble fills to the north of the site. This could be a modern pit or a backfilled section of the Castle Bailey ditch that could have been considerably wider in the past.
Natural undisturbed clay deposits were encountered across the centre and east of the site with two shallow pits and a ditch, all of medieval date, identified cutting into the clay. Trees and below-ground services restricted machine access across the west of the area. In the south-west corner of the site deep loam deposits were encountered to a depth of 800mm but no human bone or evidence for burial was revealed. A large quantity of unstratified finds were recovered from the upcast spoil. These included worked flint of possible Neolithic date, a single sherd of Roman greyware, six sherds of the late Saxon / early medieval period and pottery of medieval and post-medieval date. Medieval stone had been brought to the site for re-use. This stone is possible evidence for a Norman building in the vicinity, perhaps the pre-15th century church (S1).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2001 (S2).