Gill, D. (2011). Shire Hall Car Park and Weymed Centre, Bury St Edmunds, BSE 375 and 376, Archaeological Evaluation Report. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1012093. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Shire Hall Car Park and Weymed Centre, Bury St Edmunds, BSE 375 and 376, Archaeological Evaluation Report
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An evaluation was carried out at Shire Hall car park and the car park alongside the Weymed Centre. Evaluation of the Shire Hall car park showed that the landscape had been raised. This occurred in the 15th century with the dumping of gravels to create fishponds, a mill-leat and grazing meadows. This required the precinct wall to be extended. Excavation at the base of the original phase of the 12th century wall uncovered a buttress and possible rendering. Further ground heightening was carried out to create the garden for St Margaret's House (18th century). The Weymed Centre lies within the historic urban core which is reflected in the density and long sequence of the archaeology. The site was subject to a clearance to create a garden and the medieval properties that once occupied the site were demolished and buried beneath topsoil (early 17th century). As a consequence the archaeology is extraordinarily well preserved. Pottery recovered suggests the site has been in continuous occupation since at least the 10th century. Activity increased during the high medieval period reflected by 12th-14th century finds. Medieval features from across the sites included pits, a ditch and a possible cellared building. Late medieval occupation was evidenced by buildings remains and the potential exists for building footprints to remain, along with ancillary structures. Remains of a cobbled surface, possibly a lost lane, were also uncovered. The late medieval buildings were demolished in a single event. There is a 16th century cut-off date for the finds.
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Author:		 David Gill
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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:		 2011
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Site: BSE 375 and BSE 376 Shire Hall Car Park and Weymed Centre Evaluation
Parish: BURY ST EDMUNDS
District: West Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Grid Reference: 585880, 263960 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 585880, 263870 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Glass (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Mount / Stud (Find)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TOBACCO PIPE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TOKEN (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Buttress (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CELLAR (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Cobbled Surface (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-113993
OBIB: SCCAS Report No. 2011/171
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Note:		 A4, comb bound, white cover, in colour, with 12 appendices (also available as a pdf)
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016