Monument record GRT 003 - St Bartholomew's Church

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Summary

Church, St Bartholomew's.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9595 4168 (141m by 48m)
Map sheet TL94SE
Civil Parish GROTON, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Church, St Bartholomew's. Partly restored 1880 (S1)(R1).

Monitoring of excavations in the churchyard recorded an infilled ditch which produced three sherds of medieval pottery that were spot-dated to the 13th-century. The ditch is thought to have once been the west boundary of the graveyard before it was enlarged, probably during the 15th-century when the church itself was being re-built. The work within the tower uncovered part of a series of brick-built sleeper walls that once supported the joists of a suspended timber floor. The floor of the nave was replaced in 1868-9 and no evidence of any underlying, earlier surfaces remained, but a buried layer of medieval building rubble was recorded at the west end of the nave. Observations of the foundations suggested a sequence of construction for the church and showed that the tower was already in existence when the nave was built, although the two are broadly of the same date (S2).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <R1> (No record type): Barker, H.R.. Barker H R, West Suff Illus, 1907, 154, plate.
  • <S1> (No record type): SAU, Carr R D, 1990.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: site report.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Gill, D.. 2019. Archaeological Monitoring Report- Church of St Bartholomew, Groton.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Mar 2 2023 12:30PM

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