A Recording Brief at the Great Tower, Buckden Palace, Buckden, Cambridgeshire

Abstract

A Watching Brief was carried out on groundworks around the Great Tower of Buckden Palace. External excavations for drains revealed a high degree of post-medieval disturbance to the east of the Tower. A possible construction trench was observed in section by the south west corner turret. Inside the basement three drain trenches allowed examination of the internal face of the eastern wail. This revealed at least two phases of construction and alteration work probably dating to the late fifteenth and early nineteenth centuries. No certain pre-Tower features were revealed.