Monument record IKL 109 - Euston to Cambridge mains water pipeline Telegraph Road (field 5224/6345), sites a & b, (Prehistoric)

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Summary

February 1991: Fieldwalking assessment prior to insertion of water pipeline located concentration of worked flint - flakes and blades, mostly patinated.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 783 733 (125m by 185m) Centred on
Map sheet TL77SE
Civil Parish ICKLINGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

February 1991: fieldwalking assessment prior to insertion of water pipeline located concentration of worked flint - flakes and blades, mostly patinated. From south west corner of field, at bottom of dry valley - interesting location in view of possible hillwash/downward erosion action from field to East (note location of barrow, IKL 076). Further scatter in same field to north east - see IKL 110. Also sherd of flint gritted pottery from this field. Further flints found during topsoil clearance for pipe line, (S1).

Further flints from monitoring.

Descriptions of flint finds are broad, dating to a specific period bracket is ill-advised. However, they may be later Prehistoric, based to proximityto IKL 076, (blades suggest at least Upper Palaeolithic to Bronze age date), (S2).

See also Roman record.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Caruth, J.. 1995. Archaeological Report, Euston to Cambridge Water Mains Pipeline.
  • <S2> Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2020 10:32AM

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