Duffy, J. and Gill, D. (2009). Archaeological Excavation Report, Site of the Former Cattle Market, Bury St Edmunds, BSE 252. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1037748.  Cite this via datacite

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Title: Archaeological Excavation Report, Site of the Former Cattle Market, Bury St Edmunds, BSE 252
Series: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1037748
Publication Type: Report (in Series)
Abstract: The site of the former Cattle Market lies immediately outside the medieval town wall and this was open land primarily used as gardens and orchards during the medieval period. The excavation identified few medieval finds and two groups of large pits for chalk extraction. During the later medieval period the town started to expand beyond the town walls, accelerated with the dissolution of the Abbey in the 16th century. During the post-medieval period buildings developed along the St Andrew's Street frontage. Initially these were predominantly barns and stables but during the later 18th century domestic buildings followed, remodelled on several occasions. Plot boundaries could be identified and these moved little over several hundred years and a notable correlation between the plot boundaries and well locations was observed. The presence of complete horse and pig carcasses on land to the rear of these properties however, shows that most of the area was still undeveloped at this time. Several inns owned land on the Cattle Market site for livery of horses and staff accommodation, although no inns were shown to have been present on the site itself. Finer pottery from the 17th and 18th centuries demonstrated growing affluence and changing social habits in the town. In the 19th century the site became the location of the livestock market. During the 19th and early 20th centuries additional land purchases, and almost continuous development and redevelopment took place. Evidence of the 19th and 20th century Cattle Market surfaces survived largely intact.
Author: J Duffy
David Gill
Publisher: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Other Person/Org: Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication: 2009
Locations:
Site: BSE 252 Former Cattle Market Excavation
County: Suffolk
District: West Suffolk
Parish: BURY ST EDMUNDS
Country: England
Grid Reference: 585070, 264290 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods:
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BOTTLE GLASS (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICKS (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICKS (Find)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY TOBACCO PIPES (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DRESS ACCESSORIES (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FAN (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) FIRED CLAY (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FLOOR TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FLOOR TILES (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) KNIVES (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MOULDED STONE (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ROOF TILES (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ROOF TILES (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WINDOW GLASS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WINE GLASSES (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WORKED OBJECT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUILDING (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COBBLED ROAD (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DEMOLITION LAYERS (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DRAINS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FIREPLACE (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FOUNDATIONS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HEARTHS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) LAYERS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) OVENS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PENS (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SETTLING HOUSE (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) STABLES (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SURFACES (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WAREHOUSE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WEIGHBRIDGE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WELL (Monument Type England)
DEMOLITION LAYER (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
BUILDING (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-31401
OBIB: SCCAS Report No. 2009/129
Note: A4, comb bound, white card covers, in colour.
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Created Date: 01 Feb 2018
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