Site Event/Activity record ESF20789 - Traveller's Hill, King's Forest, Wordwell

A fieldwalking survey of 13.9ha centered upon the Travellers Hill tumulus, King's Forest, Wordwell and two adjacent barrows was carried out after the felling of a forestry plantation and clearance of tree stumps. The survey collected a widespread scatter of prehistoric material, predominantly struck flint of late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date, indicating flint working on the site broadly contemporary with the assumed date of the barrows. Despite limitations to the survey, which meant that the immediate locations of the three barrows could not be examined, a distinct cluster of struck and burnt flint was identified in the possible location of a fourth barrow, which has been recorded from study of historic mapping. Limited material of post-medieval date, likely deriving from the sites later use as arable farmland, was also collected. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: Related HER No. WRW 001 Related HER No. WRW 008 Related HER No. WRW 009 Related HER No. WRW 047 NMR No. 1528903 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Systematic Field Walking Reason for Investigation: Voluntary/self-interest Site status: Scheduled Monument (SM) Current Land use: Woodland 4 - Coniferous plantation Monument Type(s)/Period(s): N/A None Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): FLINT Late Neolithic PROJECT LOCATION Area 13.90 Hectares Grid Reference: TL842745 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: no brief - informal instruction from Local Authority Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: John Craven Supervisor: John Craven DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics Media: Database, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Worked stone/lithics, Ceramics Media: Plan, Report PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Worked stone/lithics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Traveller's Hill, King's Forest, Wordwell, WRW 050 Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J. A. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2010/198 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds Description: SCCAS grey literature report