Site Data from an Archaeological Watching Brief at St Mary's Church, Saffron Walden 2016-2018
Archaeology South-East, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5284/1090394. How to cite using this DOI
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Introduction
This collection comprises site data (a report, images, site records and site plan) from an archaeological watching brief at St Mary's Church undertaken by Archaeology South-East between May 2016 and May 2018.
The watching brief identified a post-medieval brick wall and a post-medieval/modern brick soakaway associated with an earlier relocation of the font. The footings of the south and west wall were also recorded. The exterior works involved the excavation of a narrow pipe trench and identified some in situ skeletal remains at depth, along with grave cuts and soils and levelling/ clearance layers containing disarticulated remains. The upper levelling layer recorded, below the modern roadway, is likely to relate to the final use of the graveyard for burials in 1857.
