Site Event/Activity record ESF21950 - Evaluation, Site E2, Suffolk Business Park, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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Location

Location Site E2, Suffolk Business Park, Kempson Way
Grid reference Centred TL 8798 6354 (158m by 202m)
Map sheet TL86SE
Civil Parish BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Archaeological Solutions

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

In October 2012 Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) carried out an archaeological evaluation at Site 2, Suffolk Business Park, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (NGR TL 879 635). The evaluation was undertaken in advance of the proposed construction of a new service centre, bulk storage building, access and parking. It was required to comply with a condition attached to planning approval (St Edmundsbury Borough Council Planning Ref. SE/12/0487). 19 trenches were excavated. Topsoil was the uppermost layer across the site. It was a dark brown, friable, sandy silt with moderate flint (0.23-0.32m). It overlay subsoil, a light-mid brown, friable, sandy silt with moderate flint. The natural drift geology was present below the subsoil and was an orange brown/light yellowish, compact silty clay and gravel (0.28-0.56 below the present ground surface) S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Orzechowski, K. and Thompson, P.. 2012. Archaeological Evaluation Report, Site E2, Suffolk Business Park, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Undated gullies, Site E2, Suffolk Business Park, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Monument)

Record last edited

Aug 22 2022 4:51PM

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