Monument record BRD 071 - Sports Centre site; Playing Field (Sax)

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Summary

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).

Location

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

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Type and Period (3)

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. Summary in (S1)
Note some spoil from this site, including material not archaeologically examined, was dumped in two locations in Santon Downham - see STN Misc, CRN 14076 (Thetford ware rim) & CRN 14077 & 14078.
Also Med.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <M1> (No record type): Excavation archive:.
  • <S1> 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.

Finds (6)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Dec 10 2012 4:58PM

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