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Shire Hall, Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
In September 2012, Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) conducted an archaeological excavation and monitoring at Shire Hall, Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (NGR TL 858 639). The work was required to comply with a planning condition attached to planning approval for the addition of a new wing onto the former Shire Hall Building (St Edmundsbury Ref. SE/11/0481). The site lies in an area of Archaeological Importance within the town's Anglo-Saxon and medieval settlement core, adjacent to the precinct of the Abbey of St Edmund. Documentary work has shown that, although outside this precinct, the site is likely to lie within the area of the Sacrist's yard. This would have included a hall, domestic buildings, offices, stables and workshops. Previous test pitting also suggests that the area was generally within the early settlement core (Carr and Gill, 2007). An archaeological evaluation of the site was carried out by AS in March/ April 2011, revealing archaeological features and layers of medieval and post-medieval date. The excavation revealed principally pits and postholes, a continuation of the evidence recorded by the evaluation. |
Author: |
G Barlow
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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: |
2014
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Locations: |
Site: |
Shire Hall, Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
Parish: |
BURY ST EDMUNDS |
District: |
West Suffolk |
County: |
Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Shire Hall Building St Edmundsbury |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Shire Hall Raingate Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk |
Grid Reference: 585800, 263900 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Assemblages
(Find)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
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Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
September 2012 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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WATCHING BRIEF
(Event)
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EXCAVATION
(Event)
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OASIS Id: |
archaeol7-192531 |
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |