Monument record LKH 001 - Bramwell Meadow (IA)
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 716 843 (511m by 278m) Centred on |
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Map sheet | TL78SW |
Civil Parish | LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
1954: TL 716 843 ploughing revealed heaps of large stones, fired flints, half baked clay mingled with IA pottery! Lady Briscoe (S1). 1957: (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) after ploughing EIA sherds (A type), rims with internal bevels. Associated large honey-coloured scraper of flint (Lady Briscoe)(S2)(S3).
1959: (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) "On site of mound, plough went through small floors of reddened chalk and large stone with bones and EIA `A' sherds." Lady Briscoe (S4).
By 1966: cut off channel excavated along S part of site. For further details of finds and precise locations see Grace Briscoe archive (R1) and record maps (R2) and OS cards & maps (S5). Material probably in MIHLM. Circa 1979: (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)bone handle found by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s).
1957 & 1959 finds by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)taken to Cambridge University Museum by Lady Briscoe. Mainly `flint gritted EIA' pottery and worked flints from field surface (S6). Further information in (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) archive? Adjoins similar scatter in next field - see (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s).
Also Pal, Neo, BA & Rom.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <R1> SSF1511 (No record type): Briscoe Lady G, diaries, notes, drawings, maplets etc.
- <M1> SSF42947 (No record type): G Briscoe archive: diaries.
- <S1> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Lakenheath IA.
- <R2> SSF11207 Cartographic materials: MIHLM. 6 inch record map. MIHLM, 6 inch record map.
- <S2> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff, 1957, PSIA, 27, 1957, (3), 183.
- <S3> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Lakenheath EIA.
- <S4> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Lakenheath EIA `A'.
- <S5> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL78SW13.
- <S6> SSF11532 (No record type): Morley R, March 1990.
- <S7> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. 1955, page 43.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Feb 12 2009 12:33PM