Site Event/Activity record ESF20834 - St. Mary's Church, Harkstead

A programme of work at the church included provision of a new floor in the south aisle. In order to facilitate this, the existing floor was removed and the underlying soil, almost certainly grave fill, was reduced to the project formation level. At the eastern end of the south aisle two ledger stones were revealed bedded directly on the earth with no evidence for underlying formal tombs. One of the stones, that commemorating Richard Tyler junior who died in 1696, was already broken, but its component parts were laid in their correct positions. The second, which commemorated another Richard Tyler who died in 1674, presumably the father or another close relative of Richard Tyler junior, was intact. Both stones comprised a hard, very dark grey limestone. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Not known, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: NMR No. 1532694 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Recorded Observation Reason for Investigation: Faculty jurisdiction Site status: Listed Building Current Land use: Other 2 - In use as a building, Community Service 1 - Community Buildings Monument Type(s)/Period(s): LEDGER STONES Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): LEDGER STONES Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 100.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM19423528 Point Height 25.00 - 25.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Diocesan Archaeologist Design originator: R Carr Director/Manager: Stuart Boulter Supervisor: Stuart Boulter DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: HRK 041 Contents: other Media: Images raster / digital photography PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: HRK 041 Contents: other Media: Correspondence, Notebook - Excavation, Research, General Notes, Photograph, Plan, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: St. Mary's Church, Harkstead, Archaeological Recording Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Boulter, S. P. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Rpt. No. 2011/014 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: Unbound A/4 sheets