Collinson, C. A. (2017). Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Walberswick, Suffolk, 2013-2016. University of Cambridge: Access Cambridge Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1050149. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Walberswick, Suffolk, 2013-2016
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Abstract:		 Two-day test pit excavations were undertaken in the village of Walberswick in east Suffolk over four years between 2013 and 2016. In that time a total of 42 1m square archaeological test pits were excavated by 152 local secondary school children as part of the HEFA programme run by ACA out of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. The excavations were also coordinated with members of Walberswick Local History Group. The test pitting in Walberswick revealed a range of activity dating from the later prehistoric period through to the modern day. It also showed that earlier phases of occupation in Walberswick are still present under the modern village; the small nature of the test pits allows excavation in otherwise inaccessible places for other methods of commercial archaeological investigation. Both later prehistoric and Romano-British activity was found in Walberswick, although a lot of may have been lost to the sea, given the rapidly eroding coastline for this part of Suffolk. Walberswick as a settlement did not develop until after the Norman Conquest, but the land in the Anglo Saxon period would have been part of the Royal Saxon Manor at Blythburgh and the limited Late Anglo Saxon pottery excavated suggests that the land here was probably mainly utilised for agriculture as part of the Royal Estate. Walberswick was situated on a natural sheltered harbour on the River Blyth and soon developed as a port during the medieval period. It only overtook Dunwich as the biggest port on this part of the coast when the harbour there kept silting up, eventually blocking the harbour mouth completely. The village was at its peak during the medieval period until the 16th century when a series of catastrophes struck the village, including the loss of common land, fires, floods and disease and attempts to revive the ailing fishing industry were not successful. Walberswick continued to decline through the post medieval
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Author:		 C A Collinson
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Publisher:		 Access Cambridge Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Walberswick Big Dig
County: Suffolk
District: Suffolk Coastal
Parish: WALBERSWICK
Country: England
Grid Reference: 549500, 274500 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUCKLE (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) BURNT STONE (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) CARVED ANIMAL BONE (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PAINTED GLASS (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PAINTED MORTAR (Find)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) BRICK PATH (Monus)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) CLAY OVEN (Monus)
OVEN (Monument Type England)
TEST PIT (Event)
PATH (Monument Type England)
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Created Date:		 31 Jan 2019