Site Event/Activity record ESF21562 - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment, Water Street Culvert

In January 2007 English Heritage carried out an archaeological Investigation into a reputed late medieval brick culvert running below the modern ground surface on Water Street in Lavenham. A combination of desk-based research and site visits revealed limited evidence of a single, late medieval culvert. Instead the culvert appeared to date from a range of different periods, largely post medieval, and had undergone significant repair and maintenance by Anglian Water, and previous authorities responsible for the culverts management. It is recommended that specialists provisioned and trained to work in enclosed spaces, may be required to give full analysis on the date, form and significance of the Water Street culvert. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Related HER No. LVM 051 NMR No. 1453832 Project Type: Building Recording Methods and Techniques: ''Survey/Recording Of Fabric/Structure'' Reason for Investigation: Research Monument Type(s)/Period(s): CULVERT Medieval , CULVERT Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): N/A None PROJECT LOCATION Area 200.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL915495 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: English Heritage Architectural Investigation Brief originator: None Design originator: English Heritage Director/Manager: Michael Fradley Supervisor: Michael Fradley DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: English Heritage Contents: 'Survey' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Survey' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: National Monuments Record Contents: 'Survey' Media: 'Report' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk : A Desk-Based Assessment of a Brick Culvert Author(s)/Editor(s): Fradley, M. Other Bibliographic Details: 7/2007 Date: 2007 Issuer/Publisher: English Heritage Place of Issue or Publication: Portsmouth Description: A4 heat-bound report of 10pp (ISSN 1749 8775) URL: http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/007_2007WEB.pdf