Site Event/Activity record ESF25829 - Excavations 2010 - River Alde Saxon Heritage Project, Barber's Point, Friston

The River Alde Saxon Heritage Project was commissioned by the Aldeburgh and District Local History Society with HLF award, designed to examine the significance of Barber's Point. The 2010 excavations were designed to further investigate a partly revealed post-hole structure and to see if the burilas encountered in pervious excavations continued to the north. An area of approx 40mx25m was machine stripped of topsoil and hand dug targeted trenches were excavated within this area. The thic overlying layer was sieved for finds and the underlying features excavated and recorded. The excavation element of the project was run as a training excavation for ADLHS volunteers with emphasis on stratigraphic excavation, feature recording and finds recognition and processing. This was used to launch an outreach programme for the participating schools. It is highly likely that large parts of the site have been lost to the river through erosion in the past (S1).