Monument record EYE 102 - Medieval and Post Medieval pitsStayer House, Castle Street, Eye

Evaluation identified a high density of pits in trenches 1 and 2. Two periods were represented medieval (11th-13th/14th) and post-medieval (late 15th-17th) (S1).

An evaluation was carried on a proposed house site some 150m S of the Norman motte and bailey castle. The trenching revealed a high density of pits, with two periods represented: medieval (11th – 13th/14th centuries) and post-medieval (late 15th – 17th centuries) and each period was represented in each trench. The earliest of the features may be considered to be broadly contemporary with the flurry of activity that would have occurred during the construction of the castle, although the distance between the two sites suggests that there is not likely to be a direct relationship. Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2011 (S2).