Monument record ERL 114 - Former Hospital Car Park; RAF Lakenheath (BA)

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Summary

0.9ha excavation revealed ring of ESax burials (see Sax) surrounding presumed site of levelled EBA barrow.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 73124 80297 (94m by 88m)
Map sheet	TL78SW
Civil Parish	ERISWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

2001: 0.9ha excavation revealed ring of ESax burials (see Sax) surrounding presumed site of levelled EBA barrow of circa 20m diameter with two central, probably BA, crouched, inhumations, one with a bronze awl. A further crouched, probably contemporary (broadly) burial was found further to the north. Also a series of BA pits, some containing beaker pottery, were also discovered. Summary in (S1). Details to follow.
For other EBA pit clusters see ERL 120, WGM 007, SUT 038 and SXM 022.
Also Sax and Med.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. SCCAS, Caruth J, Archaeol in Suffolk 2001, 40, 2002, 219-221, Fig 50.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).

Finds (4)

FSF29054: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF29055: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
FSF29056: AWL (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF29057: POTTERY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Excavation - Former Hospital Car Park, RAF Lakenheath (ESF29210)

Record last edited

Nov 16 2022 4:08PM