Monument record BRD 280 - Multi-phase cropmarks at the site of Middle to Late Bronze Age settlement at Game Farm (BRD 154)
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 7965 8663 (215m by 320m) |
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Map sheet | TL78NE |
Civil Parish | BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (8)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- HOLLOW WAY? (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- DITCH (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to IPS: Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
- HOLLOW WAY? (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
Full Description
March 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An area of fragmentary cropmarks, vegetation marks and soilmarks are visible on historic aerial photographs (S1-S3) at the site of the excavated Middle to Late Bronze Age settlement at Game Farm (BRD 154) (S4).
Comparatively little was apparent in the southern part of the site, where the prehistoric settlement was located. These earlier deposits were covered by windblown sand and buried topsoil during the evaluation (S4). Although some of the features mapped may relate to elements of the excavated Middle to Late Bronze age phase.
The bulk of the features mapped are located in the northern part of the site and potentially may to the later historic ditches cutting through this sand to the north of the flood plain (S4). Although several phases of features appear to be apparent.
A reasonably substantial track or drove, surviving as a low visible earthwork in the 1940s, appears to run NE-SW across the site, see BRD 304 for details.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 19th March 2017.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/LA/227 FS 2150-2051 17-APR-1945 (HEA Original Print).
- <S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1634 RS 2401-2402 09-JUL-1946 (HEA Original Print).
- <S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/CPE/UK/2021 RP 3062-3063 21-APR-1947 (HEA Original Print).
- <S4> SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference.
- <S5> SSF51558 Unpublished document: Gill, D.. 1999. Evaluation report. Game Farm, Brandon.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Mar 4 2019 8:42AM