Monument record LKH 220 - The Sandpits, Station Road, Lakenheath
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 71308 83622 (57m by 55m) |
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Map sheet | TL78SW |
Civil Parish | LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (8)
- INHUMATION (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- CREMATION CEMETERY (Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 1000 BC to 42 AD) + Sci.Date
- PIT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SHAFT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BARROW? (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- CREMATION (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC) + Sci.Date
Full Description
An evaluation and excavation were carried out in advance of housing development. A total of 48 individual features were identified, the majority appearing to be associated with a surviving buried soil horizon which may be the remnants of an Early Bronze Age burial mound. The site appears to be a small Bronze Age/Iron Age funerary site, containing one Early Bronze Age inhumation and at least 9 cremations, amidst a scatter of undated pits. One cremation was contained in an Early Bronze Age collared urn, two were radiocarbon dated to the Late Bronze Age and the remainder were Mid-late Iron Age. One large medieval pit was also found (S1).
Sources/Archives (2)
Finds (7)
- FSF30482: POTTERY (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)
- FSF30483: POTTERY COLLARED URN (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF30484: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF30485: TILE (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF30486: BRICK (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF30487: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)
- FSF34108: HUMAN REMAINS (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Oct 3 2023 1:51PM