Monument record FEX 049 - Fairfield Avenue

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Summary

Roman pot found 24 June 1938, unearthed from about 18 inches down.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3002 3536 (51m by 50m)
Map sheet TM33NW
Civil Parish FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Roman pot found 24 June 1938, unearthed from about 18 inches down. Location after (S3)(R1).
Basil Brown advised of find of Rom indented cinerary urn with iron, 18 inches deep at West end of avenue in 1938. Mr Watt (Wall?) was the finder and BB's informant in 1951 was R Meehan, Surveyor in charge of Cliff Road development (S1).
IPSMG card gives details of S D Wall Collection which includes 1 indented beaker, probably the one described in (S1) above (S2).

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <R1> (No record type): Wall S D, sketch map.
  • <S1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XCVI, 187,189.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volume.
  • <S2> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1950-157.
  • <S3> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM33NW12.
  • <S4> Bibliographic reference: East Anglian Magazine. 4 1939 346-8 sketch plan illust (S D Wall).
  • <S5> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 10 2021 2:09PM

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