Site Event/Activity record ESF22697 - Watching Brief - The Martins, Bury St Edmunds
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Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8588 6425 (77m by 51m) |
| Map sheet | TL86SE |
| Civil Parish | BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
Five trial pits hand dug by developers. 1.2m of soil dump? East of site. Gravel subsoil. At the base a wall was seen c. 1.80m below ground surface adjacent to old precinct wall. The was was mae of misc brick and Abbey stone, likely late 18th century. Topsoil to the north of the site was c.0.10m building debris overlaying buried topsoil, normal horizons to sandy/gravelly subsoil at c.0.5m (S1).
Sources/Archives (1)
- <S1> SSF55561 Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. 1997. Watching Brief - The Martins, Bury St Edmunds.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- BSE 663 Wall, possibly 18th century, The Martins, Bury St Edmunds (Monument)
Record last edited
Mar 5 2019 1:11PM