Monument record MRM 017 - Martlesham Heath Barrow Number 1

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Summary

Site of round barrow. Reported to have been destroyed in 1917 when the airfield was made

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 2458 4569 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet	TM24NW
Civil Parish	MARTLESHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Site of round barrow.
1935: Not found, probably destroyed when aerodrome was erected (NWHCM). 1953: No longer exists. Reported to have been destroyed in 1917 when the airfield was made (S2).
1974: Site of barrow was exacavated. No ditch or graves were located. a small pit 0.6m in diameter and 0.4m deep, containing Beaker pottery, was found. Also a scatter of pottery sherds and flint tools, including a microlith point. Site now destroyed by new Felixstowe road (R1).
For more information on pottery beaker, see (S1).

Sources/Archives (4)

<M1> SSF43473 (No record type): Barrow file:.
<R1> SSF5519 (No record type): EAA, Martin E, The excavation of Barrow 1, Martlesham Heath, 1, 1975, 5-11.
<S1> SSF6841 (No record type): Gibson A M, Beaker Domestic Sites, BAR 107(i), 1982, 198.
<S2> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM24NW27.

Finds (4)

FSF17784: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF17785: POTTERY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
FSF17786: WORKED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
FSF17787: MICROLITH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2005 3:48PM