Site Event/Activity record ESF21659 - Monitoring at St Lucy, Church Road, Elmswell
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Location
Location | St Lucy, Church Road |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 9833 6364 (8m by 5m) |
Map sheet | TL96SE |
Civil Parish | ELMSWELL, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Dennis Payne Archaeological Services
Date
Not recorded.
Description
Monitoring at St Lucy Church rd elmswell. During the monitoring, a cremation pit containing human charred bone was discovered. The cremation pit was located within a larger feature; possibly a pit or a ditch terminus as the larger feature did not extend beyond the cremation pit at ite northerly extent. Associated finds with the human remains were fragments of loom weights; pottery; worked flint and burnt flint. A C14 date gave the feauture a close dateing to around 900 BC; the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF54627 Unpublished document: Payne, D. 2012. Archaeological Monitoring Report, at St Lucy, Church Road, Elmswell, Suffolk.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- EWL 028 St Lucy, Church Road, Elmswell (Monument)
Record last edited
Jan 9 2023 3:30PM