Monument record RDL 008 - OUTLINE RECORD: Late bronze Age settlement, Land off Turnpike Road (PCA) EVL EXC

Archaeological excavation on this small site beside the river Kennett found a small number of natural features containing Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints, and an Early Neolithic pit that produced a significant closed flint assemblage. The principal discovery was an area of Late Bronze Age settlement represented by postholes and pits, some of which exhibited alignments and possible structural configurations. The position and limited size of the development area meant that the settlement’s overall scale and character could not be determined. Nevertheless, a moderate-sized pottery assemblage, and deposits of charred cereal grain, indicate both domestic and agricultural activity. A barley grain from one of the Late Bronze Age pits produced a radiocarbon date of 903–809 cal. BC (SUERC-108301; 2706±25 BP; 95.4%).
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2022 (S1)