Sudbury Town Defences

Has been described as a Questionable Urban Defence

There are no visible remains

NameSudbury Town Defences
Alternative Names
Historic CountrySuffolk
Modern AuthoritySuffolk
1974 AuthoritySuffolk
Civil ParishSudbury

At Sudbury the line of the C10 is clearly fossilised in the street-plan, beyond which the town expanded in the C12 by adding a new market and two new churches. (Wade and Dymond)

Gatehouse Comments

Since the town's expansion happened in the C12 there is a possibility that the defences were still usable in the C11. Suffolk HER records evaluation trenches dug 2002 discovered the ditch to be about 13m wide and 3.4m deep, which seem to have been backfilled in C12/C13.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTL871414
Latitude52.0401992797852
Longitude0.725929975509644
Eastings587100
Northings241400
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Books

  • Wade, Keith, and Dymond, David, 1999 (3edn), 'Smaller Medieval Towns' in Dymond, David and Martin, Edward (eds) An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (Lavenham) p. 162-3
  • Warner, Peter, 1996, The Origins of Suffolk p. 133-43

Other

  • Sommers, M., 2002, Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Evaluation Report. SCCAS, No 2002/57, (SSF50056)