Site Event/Activity record ESF20146 - Monitoring - 82 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmunds

Monitoring of footing trenches for an extension to 82 Risbygate Street exposed accumulated post-medieval soils over a possible medieval yard surface. The footing trenches were 1m deep and neither reached natural subsoil. Two sections were recorded. Section 1 showed a modern soil over chalk surface sealing a built-up layer. Section 2 was similar but with a modern shallow pit below the topsoil. At the base of both trenches was a layer of broken tile, brick and stones forming a compacted surface, except for the east end of Section 2 where the soil layer was a green/brown colour with no post-medieval finds visible (S1).