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Eye Library, 6 Cross Street, Eye, Suffolk. IP23 7AB. Continuous Archaeological Monitoring and Recording |
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
In August 2018 Archaeological Solutions Ltd carried out archaeological monitoring and recording Eye Library, 6 Cross Street, Eye, Suffolk. IP23 7AB (NGR TM 144 738; Figs. 1 - 2). The monitoring was undertaken in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning approval for the partial demolition of an office and construction of a new library (Suffolk County Council Ref. SCC/0226/17), based on advice from Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Conservation Team (SCC AS-CT). The site lies within an area of archaeological potential, on the western side of Cross Street in the historic core of Eye, recorded on the Suffolk Historic Environment Record (HER). The HER records the historic settlement core of Eye (HER EYE 091), an area that has the potential for Saxon and medieval archaeological remains. The HER notes the finding of a set of Saxon tweezers close by to the site (HER EYE 049). The town was established in the late Saxon period and had a market and 2 mills at Domesday, with a castle built in the 11th century. It was the 3rd or 4th most populous town in Suffolk at the time of Domesday. The monitoring revealed a pit and ditch, both possibly of post-medieval date. The stratigraphy comprised made ground and levelling deposits. |
Author: |
K J Diggons
P J Thompson
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Publisher: |
Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2019
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Eye Library, 6 Cross Street |
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Suffolk |
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Mid Suffolk |
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EYE |
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England |
Grid Reference: 614443, 273865 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol7-348750 |
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5672 |
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Created Date: |
17 Jun 2019 |