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Wessex Archaeology 
September 2009Ref: 68742 
Blythburgh PrioryBlythburgh,Suffolk
 Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
 
Blythburgh Priory, Blythburgh, SuffolkArchaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
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By
Wessex ArchaeologyPortway HouseOld Sarum ParkSALISBURYWiltshireSP4 6EB
Report reference: 68742.01
September 2009
© Wessex Archaeology Limited 2009, all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Limited is a Registered Charity No. 287786 
 
Blythburgh Priory, Blythburgh, SuffolkArchaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results
Contents
Summary Acknowledgements
1BACKGROUND...................................................................................................11.1Introduction...............................................................................................11.2Site Location, Topography and Geology................................................11.3Archaeological and Historical Background...........................................1
Introduction.................................................................................................1Prehistoric...................................................................................................1Romano-British (AD 43- 410).....................................................................2  Anglo-Saxon (AD 410-1066)......................................................................2 Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066-1799).......................................................2 Modern (1800-present)...............................................................................3
1.4Previous Archaeological Work................................................................42AIMS AND OBJECTIVES...................................................................................43METHODS...........................................................................................................43.1Geophysical Survey.................................................................................43.2Landscape and Earthwork Survey..........................................................53.3Evaluation Trenches................................................................................54RESULTS............................................................................................................54.1Introduction...............................................................................................54.2Geophysical Survey.................................................................................5
Magnetic Survey.........................................................................................6 Resistance Survey......................................................................................6 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey..................................................7 Conclusions................................................................................................9
4.3Evaluation Trenches................................................................................9
Introduction.................................................................................................9Site-Wide Stratigraphy................................................................................9Trench 1 ( 
Figure 3
 )....................................................................................9Trench 2 ( 
Figure 3
 )..................................................................................10 Trench 3 ( 
Figure 1
 )..................................................................................10 Trench 4 ( 
Figure 4
 )..................................................................................10 Trench 5 ( 
Figure 5 
 )..................................................................................11Trench 6 ( 
Figure 5 
 )..................................................................................11Trench 7 ( 
Figure 6 
 )..................................................................................12 Trench 8 ( 
Figure 5 
 )..................................................................................12 Trench 9 ( 
Figure 4
 )..................................................................................13Trench 10 ( 
Figure 7 
 )................................................................................13Trench 11 ( 
Figure 9, Plate 19
 )................................................................14Trench 12 ( 
Figure 9, Plate 20 
 )................................................................14Trench 13 ( 
Figure 1
 )................................................................................14Trench 14 ( 
Figure 4
 )................................................................................14Trench 15 ( 
Figure 5 
 )................................................................................15 Trench 16/17 ( 
Figure 8 
 )...........................................................................15 
5FINDS................................................................................................................155.1Introduction.............................................................................................15
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