Monument record LKH 130 - Post Medieval artefact scatter of finds from Henry II through to George III, including coins, seals and buttons. (PMed) (AND BACKLOG)

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Summary

?1950-1980s: Fieldwalking & metal detecting located scatter of various finds from Henry II (AD 1154-1189) through to George III (AD 1760-1820) including coins, seals, buttons, pipes etc - believed to be fairground site.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7130 8215 (277m by 442m) Centred on
Map sheet TL78SW
Civil Parish LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

?1950-1980s: Fieldwalking & metal detecting located scatter of various finds from Henry II (AD 1154-1189) through to George III (AD 1760-1820) including coins, seals, buttons, pipes etc - believed to be fairground site by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s).
Further details in (S4)(R1).
An official fair grant was given to Lakenheath in 1309 (S2), possibly relating to this site?
Not shown or named as fair on Lakenheath Tithe maps of 1850 & 1854 (S3)(S4).
Also Med.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <R1> (No record type): Morley R, `Finds from a Fenland Fair; Part 1', The Searcher (magazine), March 1992.
  • <S1> (No record type): Morley R, April 1989.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S4).
  • <S2> (No record type): Martin, E.A. & Dymond, D.. 1988. An Historical Atlas of Suffolk ( ed). Martin E & Dymond D, eds, An Historical Atlas of Suffolk, 1988, map 28.
  • <S3> Map: 1854. Lakenheath Fen Tithe Map.
  • <S4> Map: 1850. Lakenheath Tithe Map and Apportionment.
  • <S5> (No record type): Morley R, `Finds from a Fenland Fair: Part 2', The Searcher (magazine), March 1992.

Finds (8)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 11 2016 6:06PM

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