Elevated medieval walkway found at Bury St. Edmunds

Only a fragment, it appears, covered with ivy:

ARCHAELOGISTS have been left stunned by the discovery of a medieval walkway 60ft above a historic Suffolk town.

The find was revealed beneath soil and vegetation near the rooftops of the West Front of the Abbey at Bury St Edmunds.

The last people to have set foot on the six-foot long medieval stone walkway would have been the maintenance clerks at the Abbey, who would have used it to get to the building tops to carry out repairs.

Full story here. Apparently there were some other finds of medieval construction incorporated into Georgian buildings nearby.

Posted by David on July 26, 2006 11:02 AM