Monument record BUT 002 - Butley Abbey: Butley Priory (Un)

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Summary

Field system adjoining Butley Abbey remains.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 377 490 (411m by 311m)
Map sheet TM34NE
Civil Parish BUTLEY, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Field system adjoining Butley Abbey remains. Appears to be generally aligned to extant features. Possibility of small sub-divisions (S1).

April 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
The field system described above is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S2)- (S8). At least one of the north-south ditch features is visible on earliest photographs (S9) as a field boundary, and is therefore likely to be post medieval in date, as are the ditch features which appear to be aligned with it or perpendicular to it, many of which are thought to be post medieval drainage ditches, as recorded in the field to the north (SHER BUT 068).
However, there are a number of ditch features described as ‘small sub-divisions’ above, which appear to be on a slightly different alignment, and may represent an earlier field system or enclosures. Also of note are the series of possible circular features in the north-east corner of the field, which may represent small roundhouses or pits of possibly Anglo-Saxon SFBs, given the discovery of Saxon finds in the area (see other entries for BUT 002).
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 29th April 2015.

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <S1> Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP, APs HC 52, 1981; SW 25, 1956; BYZ 44.
  • <M1> Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. APs: CUCAP HC 52, SW 25, BYZ 44.
  • <S2> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Oblique aerial photograph. CAP 8052/49 02-AUG-1951 (HC49).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. MAL/65094 V 125-126 03-NOV-1965 (EHA Original Print).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Airmap71 37 3771049-3771050 11-APR-1971 (Print).
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. OS/72191 V 020-021 10-JUL-1972 (EHA Original Print).
  • <S6> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Oblique aerial photograph. CUCAP BYZ44 XX-JUL-1976 (Print).
  • <S7> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Airmap96 31 77-78 25-OCT-1995 (Print).
  • <S8> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 25-MAY-2011 ACCESSED 02-APR-2015 (Digital).
  • <S9> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/76 V 5067-5068 27-JUL-1948 (EHA Original Print).

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2015 3:59PM

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