Monument record HNN 004 - Sapiston Bridge (Neo)
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Summary
Finds concentrated in dark areas, "huts", small pits, plain and decorated grooved ware, few bird bone decorated sherds.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 915 748 (155m by 188m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL97SW |
| Civil Parish | HONINGTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Finds concentrated in dark areas, "huts", small pits, plain and decorated grooved ware, few bird bone decorated sherds. Petit tranchet arrowheads, fragments of polished axe, two occupation layers separated by flood sand? Rinyo-Clacton ware (Clacton and Woodland styles).
Flint: 145 serrated flakes, 1 tranchet axe (residual Mes), 1 chisel fragment, 1 broken rectangular polished knife, 76 scrapers, 59 utilised flakes, blades, 1103 burnt stones, 1877 cores, 10,266 flakes. Missile points: 1 leaf (unclassified), 21 chisel (S4).
Notes on Leaf's excavations in Cambridge University Museum archive (S5).
Sources/Archives (5)
- <S1> SSF15617 (No record type): PCAS, 45, 1952, 30 - 43 (ill).
- <S2> SSF16620 (No record type): Proc of the Prehistoric Society, 15, 127 (ill).
- <S3> SSF22731 (No record type): Wainwright & Longworth, Durrington Walls excavations 1966-1968, 1971, 285.
- <S4> SSF7105 (No record type): Green H S, Flint arrowheads in the British Isles, BAR 75 (ii), 1980, 382, corpus 376.
- <S5> SSF10502 (No record type): Leaf, C.S.. Leaf C S, Excavation Notes, Cambridge University Museum, Suffolk archive.
Finds (4)
- FSF5663: POTTERY GROOVED (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FSF5664: WORKED OBJECT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 2201 BC?)
- FSF5665: ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 2201 BC?)
- FSF5666: AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 2201 BC?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jul 10 2012 11:16AM