Monument record BSE 335 - Part of medieval south precinct wall of abbey and post medieval features at Magistrates Car Park

2009:An evaluation trench exposed part of the south precinct wall of the Abbey and a mortar surface inside the wall which was overlain by destruction debris that may date from the Dissolution. Cobbles on the outside of the wall are probably a pavement of similar date. At the north end of the trench there was a mortar foundation for a sill beam structure of probable 17th-century date, and various post-medieval deposits. Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2009 (S1).

2010: Archaeological monitoring idenfied no archaeological features or finds (S2).

2009: An archaeological evaluation trench was excavated in the Magistrate's Court car park, Honey Hill, Bury St Edmunds. The trench exposed part of the south precinct wall of the Abbey and a mortar surface inside the wall which was overlain by destruction debris that may date from the dissolution. Cobbles on the outside of the wall are probably a pavement of similar date. At the north end of the trench was a mortar foundation for a sill beam structure, which was probably 17 century and various post-medieval deposits. The trench was not fully excavated in order to avoid destabilising standing remains and to preserve the archaeology. Natural subsoil was not identified (S3).