| Suffolk HER Number (Pref. Ref.): | SUY 058 |
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| Unique number (MonUID): | MSF20567 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Parish: | SUDBURY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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| NGR: | TL 8726 4134 |
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Summary
Two evaluation trenches across defensive town ditch, c.13m wide & 3.4m deep. Monitoring on same site in 2004.
Monument Types
- WELL (Unknown date)
- DITCH (IPS: Early Late Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOWN DEFENCES (IPS: Early Late Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1539 AD)
- POST HOLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (19th century to 20th century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POTTERY (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POTTERY (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (IPS: Early Late Saxon to IPS: Post Medieval - 850 AD to 1900 AD)
- POTTERY ST NEOTS (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 14th century - 850 AD to 1300 AD)
- POTTERY THETFORD (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 12th century - 850 AD to 1100 AD)
- POTTERY (Medieval to 18th century - 1066 AD to 1700 AD)
- SLAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status: None recorded
Description
2002: Two evaluation trenches across defensive town ditch, c.13m wide & 3.4m deep. Possible EMed pottery from upper layers (S1)(R1).
2003: Monitoring following evaluation revealed and plotted part of the Saxon town defences of Sudbury, which appears to have been finally backfilled in the C12/C13. Small amount of residual(?) IA (probably) or ESax pottery in primary ditch fill (S2).
A documentary survey was also undertaken by A M Breen (S2).
Monitoring of the same site during May 2004 during excavation of foundations for terraced houses revealed no significant archaeological deposits although a brick lined well, c.8.2m deep was identified (S3).
Sources
| [R1] | Verbal communication: Personal communication. SCCAS, Sommers M, email message to Pendleton C, May 2002. (SSF50082) |
| [S1] | Unpublished document: Sommers, M. 2002. Eval/Mon report. Land between Weavers Lan & Burkitts Lane., Sudbury. (SSF51128) |
| [S2] | Unpublished document: Sommers, M. 2003. Eval/Mon report. Land between Burkitt's Lane and Weaver's Lane., Sudbury. (SSF51284) |
| [S3] | Unpublished document: Sommers, M. 2004. Mon report. Land between Burkitts Lane and Weaver's Lane., Sudbury. (SSF51924) |
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