Monument record SPT 001 - Devil's Wood Pit (Neo)

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Summary

Settlement area, late Neo/EBA, post holes, a pit, pottery - late Neo with some beaker material, arrowheads, borer and knife, scrapers, cores, waste flakes.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 1337 4440 (289m by 292m) Centred on
Map sheet	TM14SW
Civil Parish	SPROUGHTON, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Settlement area, late Neo/EBA, post holes, a pit, pottery - late Neo with some beaker material, arrowheads, borer and knife, scrapers, cores, waste flakes.
Cremation in a small pit, mature adult, possibly male, Radio Carbon date 1340 +/- 130 BC (HAR - 1153) from charcoal (?alder) in pit, but sample very small. Not definitely contemporary with settlement evidence but both were sealed by marsh clay, probably laid down in MBA/IA. Excavated by E Martin, 1974 (S5).
TM 1333 4434 pottery and flints excavated by J J Wymer, 1972. TM 1346 4431 scraper found by R Forsdike.
TM 1331 4425 sharpened sheep's tibia (similar to SPT 009), distal end sharpened, proximal end pierced for suspension, polished by use, shows parallel scratch marks, found by R Forsdike.
See also Pal, Mes, BA, Rom.

Sources/Archives (9)

<R1> SSF18941 (No record type): SAU, AR 20.
<M1> SSF43227 (No record type): Excavation file:.
<S1> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1972-145, 1972.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S5).
<S2> SSF6836 (No record type): Gibson A M, Beaker Domestic Sites, BAR 107(i) 1982, 243.
<S3> SSF5510 (No record type): EAA, 3, 1-15.
<R4> SSF15293 (No record type): Owles E, 1975.
<S4> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 1972, 289-90.
<S5> SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Martin E, 'The Excavation of a Neo site in Devil's Wood Pit, Sproughton, 1974', ms 1974.

Finds (9)

FSF17289: POTTERY (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF17290: WORKED OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF17291: ANIMAL REMAINS (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF17292: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF17293: LEAF ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF17294: KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF17295: POTTERY PETERBOROUGH (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF17296: AWL (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF17297: (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)