Monument record FXL 012 - Burnt area, circular enclosure and ring ditch, unknown date

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Summary

A ring ditch, possibly the remains of a Bronze Age round Barrow, can be seen as a cropmark circa 100 metres to the west of the A12 in Foxhall parish.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 2368 4284 (44m by 48m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TM24SW
Civil Parish FOXHALL, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Ring ditch/circular enclosure, circa 40m in diameter, adjacent Bucklesham 12 complex (S1).
Strip of burnt flints circa 18m long observed at edge of by-pass roadworks in this vicinity, 1982 - see parish file.
A ring ditch, probably the remains of a Bronze Age round Barrow, can be seen as a cropmark circa 100 metres to the west of the A12 in Foxhall parish. The ditch is slightly irregular in width, varying between 1.5 and 2.5 metres wide, enclosing a roughly circular area with a diameter of circa 25 metres. (S3)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> (No record type): SAU, APs ACU 06, AGM 12.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files.
  • <S2> Photograph: Essex County Council. Air Photograph. Essex C C, AP, CP/97/32/10 & CP/97/34/32, July 1997.
  • <M2> Photograph: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Air Photograph. APs: ACU 06, AGM 12; (S2).

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Sep 25 2014 3:53PM

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