Monument record LKH 367 - Rabbithill Covert, Lakenheath

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Summary

Bronze Age ring ditch and inhumation and Iron Age ring ditch and boundary ditch indicating Iron Age occupation at Rabbithill Covert, Lakenheath

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 571 284 (755m by 559m)
Map sheet	TL52NE
Civil Parish	LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

2014: Evaluation trenches revealed a prehistoric landscape including a Bronze Age ring ditch and inhumation, as well as Mid to Late Bronze Age pottery. Iron Age occupation of the site was also identified, represented by a ring ditch and Iron Age boundary ditch. Saxon and medieval pottery was also found (S1). Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2014 (S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF57920 Unpublished document: Haskins, A.. 2014. Archaeological Evaluation, Land at Rabbithill Covert, Lakenheath, Suffolk.
<S2> SSF61920 Article in serial: Minter F & Plouviez J. 2015. Archaeology in Suffolk 2014, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History.

Finds (10)

FSF45458: HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
FSF45459: ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
FSF45462: SINGLE PLATFORM BLADE CORE (Pioneering late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
FSF45464: FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF45465: BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF45467: BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
FSF45468: POTTERY (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)
FSF45470: POTTERY (12th century to 18th century - 1100 AD to 1799 AD)
FSF50653: OPPOSED PLATFORM BLADE CORE (Pioneering late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
FSF50654: FLAKE? (Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 9400 BC?)