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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
Prepared on behalf of 
Videotext Communications Ltd49 Goldhawk RoadLONDONSW1 8QP
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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seen it looks great...

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