Features at Leiston Abbey

Explore the open archaeological data from our digs at Leiston Abbey

Basic Information

  • Remains of post medieval agricultural building and yard

Contexts

  • Context: LA_5002
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    • Deposit
    • Ben Bazeley
    • 12-7-2013
  • Context: LA_5003
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    • Deposit
    • Ben Bazeley
    • 12-7-2013
  • Context: LA_5004
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    • Deposit
    • Ben Bazeley
    • 10-7-2013
  • Context: LA_5005
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    • Cut of yard surface
    • Ben Bazeley
    • 9-7-2013
  • Context: LA_5006
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    • Cut of foundation trench
    • Ben Bazeley
    • 9-7-2013
  • Context: LA_5007
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    • Deposit
    • Ben Bazeley
    • 9-7-2013
  • Context: LA_5010
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    • Deposit
    • Kezia Evans
    • 12-7-2013
  • Context: LA_5013
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    • Deposit - Floor surface
    • Hugh Fiske
    • 12-7-2013

Narrative

    • A circular feature and rectilinear spread were identified with both GPR and Resistance survey. Trench 5 was defined by A circular deposit of mid yellow brown silty clay and angular flint cobbles (5002), set into a circular foundation trench [5013] for a later post-medieval agricultural building. he structure was associated with a cobbled yard surface [5005] relating to the rectilinear anomaly identified by geophysics.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 1-12-2014

Dating Narrative

    • No bonding was observed between the cobbles in the circular foundation trench [5013] for a later post-medieval agricultural building though post-medieval pottery and fragments of slate were recovered from the surface of this deposit and a horseshoe. Although the cobbled yard surface [5005] was assumed to be contemporary with the circular structure, no stratigraphic relationship could be determined within the logistical confines of the trench. A mixed assemblage of CBM was recovered from this trench, dating from the Late Medieval to the Early Post-Medieval period, some of which showed evidence of burning and reuse prior to deposition in this area.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 7-10-2014

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