Monument record CLA 122 - Post-medieval pit, Gosford House, High Street

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Summary

December 1996: Archaeological monitoring of footing trenches of extensions for Gosford House. Formerly recorded as CLA MISC

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Grid reference TL 7692 4538 (point)
Map sheet TL74NE
Civil Parish CLARE, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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December 1996: Archaeological monitoring of footing trenches of extensions for Gosford House. Features observed include N-S ditch, 1.15m deep and upto 1.5m wide, parallel to street frontage and a narrow and deep (0.4m by 1.2m) single pit (or posthole?) to N of existing house.
None of the fills of the features were modern. The ditch contained a central ash layer and occasional oyster shells and the pit small fragments of red tile, probaby of PMed date. Details in (S1).

Formerly recorded as CLA MISC

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> (No record type): SAU, Tester A, SCCAS Report, 97/31, January 1997, plan.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish file. (S1).
  • <S2> (No record type): SAU, Monitoring Archive.
  • <M2> (No record type): Excavation archive: (S2).

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Record last edited

Jan 5 2021 1:35PM

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