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BSE 207 Greene King Access Road, Bury St Edmunds |
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Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
During the construction of a road linking the Greene King brewery on Westgate Street with Cullum Road, a section was excavated through the Friars Lane footpath, the ditch on the western side and partially through the eastern, ditch, known as the Black Ditch. The section revealed an earlier gravel footpath c.0.5m below with a Terminus Post Quem of the late medieval period which was provided by a horseshoe sealed by the path. The Black Ditch cut the earlier footpath but as the ditch was probably re-dug and cleaned many times during the course of maintenance it cannot be used to date the origin of this feature which is thought to pre-date the footpath. Evidence to support this is provided by a silt deposit sealed by the footpath, but apparently unrelated, which is likely to be material upcast from an earlier cut of the Black Ditch. Radiocarbon dates from the peat beneath the footpath suggest it accumulated between AD 230 and AD440P, and AD760 and AD990 although the upper layer may have been truncated thereby foreshortening the peat sequence. We can infer wetter conditions developed along the valley floor in the Late Roman/Early Saxon period causing the growth of peat and a further change to even wetter conditions the Middle to Late Saxon period is suggested in the pollen assessment. This may represents water management of the meadows following the foundation of the Anglo-Saxon town and Abbey. |
Author: |
Andrew Tester
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Publisher: |
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2005
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Locations: |
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BSE 207 Greene King Access Road |
Parish: |
BURY ST EDMUNDS |
District: |
West Suffolk |
County: |
Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 585540, 233450 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
suffolkc1-5588 |
OBIB: |
SCCAS Report No 2004/43 |
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word document
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |