Site Event/Activity record ESF19937 - Monitoring, St. Michaels Church, Woolverstone
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Location
Location | WLV 023, St. Michaels Church, Woolverstone |
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Grid reference | Centred TM 1900 3857 (10m by 13m) |
Map sheet | TM13NE |
Civil Parish | WOOLVERSTONE, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
Re-ordering works included the insertion of a new toilet facility into the base of the tower and the external excavation of service trenches and the insertion of a Trench Arch Drain. Archaeological monitoring of the excavation works was undertaken by Suffolk County Council's Archaeological Service Field Projects Team. The excavations external and internal to the tower revealed a bonded flint and septaria footing that stepped out on both sides of the wall, presumably to spread the weight of the tower. Removal of the existing patterned slate floor (Victorian) in the tower revealed a secondary floor surface of compacted mortar with flints and brick/tile fragments. The subsequent removal of this floor revealed the underlying sandy soil, which included fragments of disarticulated human bone, probably from burials in the churchyard prior to the construction of the tower in the 15th century. Five half bricks set in a circle close to the centre of the tower and sealed by the secondary floor surface had no obvious function. The drainage trenches and soakaway external to the tower were not deep enough to disturb intact burials and further structural remains were not uncovered.
Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes
Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known
Project Type: Recording project
Investigation Type: Field observation, Watching Brief
Reason for Investigation: Faculty jurisdiction
Site status: Listed Building
Current Land use: Other 4 - Churchyard, Community Service 1 - Community Buildings
Monument Type(s)/Period(s): CHURCH Medieval
Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): N/A None
PROJECT LOCATION
Area 10.00 Square metres
Grid Reference: TM19003858 Point
Height 30.00 - 30.00 metres
PROJECT CREATOR(S)
Brief originator: Diocesan Archaeologist
Design originator: R Carr
Director/Manager: Stuart Boulter
Supervisor: Stuart Boulter
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
ID: WLV 023
Contents: Survey
Media: Text
PAPER ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
ID: WLV 023
Contents: Survey
Media: Correspondence, Drawing, Plan, Report, Unpublished Text
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: (WLV 023) St. Michaels Church, Woolverstone; A Report on the Monitoring of Groundworks Associated with the Construction of a New Toilet Facilty and External Servcie Trenches
Author(s)/Editor(s): Boulter, S. P.
Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Rpt. No. 2008/238
Date: 2008
Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council
Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich
Description: Unbound A4 sheets
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF52764 Unpublished document: Boulter, S.. 2008. Monitoring report. St. Michaels Church, Woolverstone, Woolverstone.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- WLV 023 Church of St Michael (Monument)
Record last edited
Feb 24 2011 11:07AM