Site Event/Activity record ESF26310 - Community Test Pitting - Blythburgh 2017

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Location

Location Blythburgh Village
Grid reference Centred TM 4518 7527 (335m by 298m)
Map sheet TM47NE
Civil Parish BLYTHBURGH, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Access Cambridge Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

Thirteen 1m2 test pits were excavated in Blythburgh in April 2017 by 47 Year 8 and 9 students from Benjamin Britten School, Bungay High School, Hobart High School, Sir John Lemen High School and Ormiston Denes Academy. The test pitting was part of the Independent Learning Archaeology Field School (ILAFS) programme. 2017 was the first year of excavations in Blythburgh and the test pits were spread across the settlement. Fragments of anglo-saxon pottery were found in test pit BLY/17/8, BLY/17/9 in the south and BLY/17/13 (S1) (Waiting for full report see https://www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk/reports/suffolk/blythburgh/2017).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Article in serial: Minter, F. and Saunders, A.. 2018. Archaeology in Suffolk 2017, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Community Test Pitting - Blythburgh 2017 (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Jun 25 2018 2:01PM

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