Monument record BSE 187 - Cullum Road (PMed)

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Summary

Monitoring during housing uncovered Roman ditch and other PMed finds.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 85302 63658 (25m by 21m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TL86SE
Civil Parish BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Monitoring of building work at Cullum Road, uncovered a Roman ditch. An excavated segment produced finds which suggest it was open in the 2nd century and finally allowed to infill in the 4th century. The animal bone is thought to be domestic food waste, which combined with the pottery, suggests Roman settlement close by. The site also produced a small amount of unstratified Late and Post Medieval pottery. No evidence for the medieval town defences was uncovered.
A large ditch was identified during the monitoring of topsoil and subsoil stripping (0002). Three sections were drawn of which two are illustrated (Sections A-B, Fig 3). The bottom 1m of ditch fill between 'A' and 'B' was excavated by hand and produced both pottery and animal bone (S1).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <M1> Photograph: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Air Photograph. (S1).
  • <S1> Unpublished document: Tester, A.. 2001. Archaeological Monitoring Report, Cullum Road, Bury St Edmunds. SCCAS, Tester A, Monitoring Report No 200/19, March 2001.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Nov 29 2022 2:31PM

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