Monument record BAA 005 - 'Settlement', Smith's Pit

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Summary

`Settlement'.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 9958 6923 (101m by 100m)
Map sheet	TL96NE
Civil Parish	BADWELL ASH, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

`Settlement'. One hearth, `loom weights', probable storage pits seen. Sherds of LBA-EIA (750-500 BC) pottery (S2).
BAA 006 (TM06NW2) is mislocation of BAA 005, EIA occupation, 'hearths and flints'. Gravel pit finds.
Five loom weights were found, three of which went to the BM. The two specimens at IPSMG are 6.25 inches and 4 inches high and were described at the time as truncated pyramids. Basil Brown revisited the site in 1946 when it was hoped to continue excavation but the site had been almost entirely quarried away and, according to the workmen, nothing further had been found (S1).
Note - description of pottery and drawings in (S3). Further details relating to loomweights (& correspondence from BM & IPSMG) in (S5).
See also Rom.
2013: Evaluation (on edge of former quarry?) located mainly LBA/EIA material. Details to follow.

Sources/Archives (11)

<S1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, VIII, 148,149; X, 8; XL, 9; LXIV, 2; LXVII, 19,20; XCIII, 99,100,101; XCVI, 73,111; map 63.
<M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volumes, map.
<R1> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1935-100, 1935.
<S2> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL96NE8,28.
<M2> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy (S4)(S5).
<R2> SSF667 (No record type): Archaeol J, 96, 1939, 95.
<R3> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 25, pt 2, 1950, 206.
<S3> SSF978 (No record type): Balkwill C J, A catalogue of IA pottery groups at Ipswich Museum (to 1980), c.1980, ill.
<S4> SSF23256 (No record type): Winbolt S E, Antiq J, 15, 1935, 474 (plan & section), ill.
<S5> SSF1208 (No record type): Best B R, correspondence from & to, 1995 & 1998.
<S6> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (4)

FSF22700: LOOMWEIGHT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC? to 701 BC?)
FSF22701: POTTERY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
FSF22702: POTTERY (Early Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 2350 BC? to 401 BC?)
FSF22703: WORKED OBJECT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Excavated by Brown B, Wimbolt S (Ref: Brown B, Wimbolt S) (ESF15930)

Record last edited

Mar 29 2021 4:06PM