Monument record ADB 198 - Layer of post medieval brick and tile

Aldeburgh, No 291 High Street (ADB 198, TM 4636 5606) monitoring of ground works for a rear extension at a mid-terrace property set some 30m from the High Street frontage at only 1m-2m OD recorded a layer abutting the house which contained a considerable amount of 19th century brick and tile fragments plus some mid to later Victorian pottery sherds. Ground water was encountered at a point c500mm below present ground level and it is suggested that some degree of ground raising took place when the terrace of cottages was constructed in the 19th century in a low lying area previously in use as grazing marsh (S1).