Monument record LKH 367 - Rabbithill Covert, Lakenheath
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 717 840 (755m by 559m) |
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Map sheet | TL78SW |
Civil Parish | LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (10)
- DITCH (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- PIT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- CROUCHED INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POST HOLE (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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).
Sources/Archives (1)
- <S1> SSF57920 Unpublished document: Haskins, A.. 2014. Archaeological Evaluation, Land at Rabbithill Covert, Lakenheath, Suffolk.
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?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Mar 25 2020 10:24AM