Site Event/Activity record ESF21659 - Monitoring at St Lucy, Church Road, Elmswell

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Location

Location St Lucy, Church Road
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.

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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)

  • --- Unpublished document: Payne, D. 2012. Archaeological Monitoring Report, at St Lucy, Church Road, Elmswell, Suffolk.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • St Lucy, Church Road, Elmswell (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 9 2023 3:30PM

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