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Suffolk HER Number (Pref. Ref.):SUY 058
Unique number (MonUID):MSF20567
Type of Record:Monument
Parish:SUDBURY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK
NGR:TL 8726 4134

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[S1]Unpublished document: Sommers, M. 2002.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[S2]Unpublished document: Sommers, M. 2003.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[S3]Unpublished document: Sommers, M. 2004.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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