Monument record BRD 071 - Sports Centre site; Sports & Social Club; Playing Fields (Med)

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Summary

1989: Excavation of circa 1500 sq m prior to construction of Sports Centre for Forest Heath DC located various features, Ipswich ware, Thetford ware, Stamford ware and St Neots ware, animal bones etc (S1).

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Grid reference	Centred TL 778 863 (50m by 50m) Centred on
Map sheet	TL78NE
Civil Parish	BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

1989: Excavation of circa 1500 sq m prior to construction of Sports Centre for Forest Heath District Council located various features, Ipswich ware, Thetford ware, Stamford ware and St Neots ware, animal bones etc (S1). Excavation details to follow. See (S1) for a fuller summary of the results of the excavation.
Note some spoil from this site (including material not archaeologically examined) was dumped in two locations in Santon Downham - see STN Misc, CRN 14076, 14077 & 14078 (Thetford ware).
August 1997: Monitoring of extension to Sports and Social Club (S2).
April 1998: Monitoring development excavations found Med pottery, burnt daub and a loomweight fragment. A wide ditch running N-S was observed which contained finds dated to the 12th C. (S3).
Also Sax.

Sources/Archives (4)

<M1> SSF41573 (No record type): Excavation archive:.
<S1> SSF50250 Article in serial: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Archaeol in Suff 1989, PSIAH 37 (2), 1990, 158.
<S2> SSF50056 Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service evaluation report. Gill D, SCCAS Monitoring Rep 98/94, September 1997.
<S3> SSF58023 Unpublished document: Gill, D.. 1998. Archaeological Monitoring Report: Brandon Remembrance Playing Fields, Sports and Social Club Extension.

Finds (7)

FSF14377: POTTERY (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
FSF14378: POTTERY THETFORD (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 12th century - 850 AD to 1100 AD)
FSF14379: POTTERY ST NEOTS (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 14th century - 850 AD to 1300 AD)
FSF14380: ANIMAL REMAINS (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
FSF14381: (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
FSF14382: POTTERY STAMFORD (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 14th century - 850 AD to 1300 AD)
FSF26428: LOOMWEIGHT (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 28 2017 1:05PM