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Title:

BSE 361 Archaeological Excavation Report, 17 Whiting Street bury St edmunds

Series:

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series

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https://doi.org/10.5284/1030101

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Abstract:

Archaeological trial trenching was carried out on land behind 17 Whiting Street in Bury St Edmunds at grid reference TL 8533 6401, as part of a planning condition on application SE/10/0778. The archaeological requirement was set out in a Brief and Specification by Abby Antrobus of the Conservation Team at Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service An evaluation and subsequent excavation at 17 Whiting Street, Bury St Edmunds produced evidence of occupation from the early medieval period. The most significant evidence from this period was for a large pit that had a sloping channel cut through the natural chalk as an access from the north side; it was up to 1m deep and there was a drop off into an irregular shaped pit, which was at least 4m wide, 2m long and 2.2m deep. Despite the unusual shape this is interpreted as a cellar, which was connected to the property on the corner of Churchgate Street. It was backfilled in a single episode in the 13th to 14th centuries. A second pit located on the south side of the property was larger but shallower and was backfilled with occupation and building debris in the 16th -17th centuries. It projected c. 1.5m into the site from the southern boundary but was at least 6m wide and 1.2m deep. It seems likely that the greater part of this feature lies beneath the property to the south. From the general shape and size it's primary use was probably as a quarry pit for snad or chalk. Various postholes were identified in the middle of the site that suggest an insubstantial building phase, probably in the 18th to 19th centuries, there was also a well, lined with limestone and 19th century bricks, close to the street frontage and several pits that also date from the 19th century

Author:

Andrew Tester

Publisher:

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Other Person/Org:

Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)

Year of Publication:

2011

Locations:

Site:	BSE 361 17 Whiting Street
County:	Suffolk
District:	West Suffolk
Parish:	BURY ST EDMUNDS
Country:	England

Grid Reference: 585330, 264010 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	DRESS PIN (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	FLOOR TILE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	JETON (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	OYSTER SHELL (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	ROOF TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	ROOF TILE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	WORKED BONE (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	CELLAR (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	WELL (Monument Type England)
	EXCAVATION (Event)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	suffolkc1-113449
OBIB:	SCCAS Report No. 2011 180

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A4 with ring binder

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Created Date:

01 Feb 2018