Monument record IKL 026 - Mitchell's Hill (BA)

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Summary

Beaker ? excavated from Mitchell's Hill round barrow, circa 1881, by Henry Prigg (R1).

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 7775 7229 (101m by 100m) Approximate
Map sheet	TL77SE
Civil Parish	ICKLINGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Beaker, ? excavated from Mitchell's Hill round barrow, circa 1881, by Henry Prigg (R1). Location marked on map in (S1). Barrow destroyed by quarrying circa 1874-1890 (S2). Original dimensions not stated.
Beaker illustrated in (S1)(S3)(S4). Classified by Clarke as N3 beaker (S4)(S5). Presumably same as "drinking cup in Bury St Edmunds Museum" (S6).
Also small nick-decorated quoit-headed pin (probably MBA) and small incised ribbon bracelet (also recorded as MBA by Rowlands 1976) both said to be from Mitchells Hill (Edwardson 1968, Rowlands 1976 & Pendleton 1999).
A small quoit-headed pin and an incised ribbon bracelet are also said to come from Mittchells Hill (S7-S9) suggesting a possible hoard.
The small quoit-headed pin is a MBA type (Pendleton in prep). Bracelet now recognised as a Roman type and excluded from BA HER entry (february 2004).
Also Pal, Rom & Sax.

Sources/Archives (12)

<S1> SSF16573 Monograph: Prigg, H.. 1901. Icklingham Papers: A Sketch of its Early History. Prigg H, Icklingham Papers, 1901, Woodbridge plate, map.
<M1> SSF37146 (No record type): Barrow survey archive:.
<R1> SSF9969 (No record type): J Brit Archaeol Assoc, 37, 1881, 154.
<S2> SSF5522 Bibliographic reference: Lawson A J, Martin E A & Priddy D. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. 68.
<R2> SSF6587 (No record type): Fox C, The Archaeol of the Cambridge Region, 1923, 322.
<S3> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 11, 1901, 59, plate.
<S4> SSF3557 (No record type): Clarke D L, Beaker Pottery of GB & Ire, 1970, 497, fig 635.
<S5> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL77SE38.
<S6> SSF54455 Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 276.
<S7> SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Edwards A R, BA Metalwork in Moyses Hall Museum, 1968.
<S8> SSF17816 Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking. Rowlands M J, The Org of MBA Metalworking from NE Anglia, BAR 279, 1999, 163.
<S9> SSF50120 Bibliographic reference: BAR. British Archaeological Report. Pendleton C F, BA Metalwork from Northern East Anglia, BAR 279, 1999, 163.

Finds (4)

FSF28360: PIN (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
FSF38855: BRACELET (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
FSF38856: HOARD (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
FSF5937: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Excavated by Prigg H (Ref: Prigg H) (ESF14960)

Record last edited

Apr 8 2022 3:49PM