Monument record BNH 018 - Barnham Number 1 pit (Sax)

This site is situated in the loop of the Little Ouse river on Barnham Heath and was excavated by Basil Brown at the time he was recovering Pal and Neo artefacts from Allen Newport Limited's gravel pit (BNH 002). It lies to the NE of the original 1946-1948 pit area and was totally destroyed when the pit was reopened and extended in 1952-1953. The finds came to light during trials by Newports to find new gravel areas and Basil worked in the trial holes. Early finds of pottery are described as IA or possibly Anglo Saxon ware but he records no further finds of Anglo Saxon pottery and there are no records at either Ordnance Survey or Ipswich Museum of any, and the original finds seem to have been recorded as IA (S1).
IA and Rom pottery also at site.