Site Event/Activity record ESF21915 - Excavation, ERL 148, Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath, Eriswell
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Location
Location | Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 7284 7988 (44m by 53m) |
Map sheet | TL77NW |
Civil Parish | ERISWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
The first phase was a funerary complex consisting of an Early Bronze Age ring ditch and associated inhumation burials. The ring ditch (ERL 148) enclosed an area 21.5m in diameter and was 4.6m wide and 1.25m deep. The ditch showed two distinctive periods of infilling, the final stages containing small amounts of Roman material suggesting the monument was still partially visible at this time. A central grave contained the remains of four individuals. The primary burial was a crouched female following which the grave was infilled and then re-cut for the burial of a c.16 year old female, then an infant with a small pottery vessel. The semi-articulated remains of an elderly female and a cremated pig were identified in the upper fills of the grave. A cremation burial within a possible pond barrow was identified lying to the south of the western ring ditch.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF54897 Unpublished document: Craven J. 2012. Archaeological Assessment Report, Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath, Eriswell, ERL 143, ERL 147, ERL 148 & ERL 203.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- ERL 148 Liberty village, RAF Lakenheath (Monument)
Record last edited
Oct 12 2023 12:58PM