Monument record SAP 027 - OUTLINE RECORD: Bronze Age burnt mound, Consevation Lake Grange Farmhouse Hilly Close Sapiston (CAS) EVAL

An archaeological evaluation next to the river Black Bourn consisted of ten trenches. Deep naturally forming stratigraphy including alluvial layers and desiccated peat like formations were present throughout the trenches. A large well-preserved burnt mound comprising of large quantities of heat-altered flint and stone was discovered at the southern end of the site, located below peat formations and flood deposits. Additional trenches were excavated to reveal the full extent of the burnt mound which measured 30m in diameter with a height of c.2m and contained a small number of lithics dating to the Bronze Age.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2022 (S1)