Monument record FMP 002 - Risby Poor's Heath Round Barrows (Rom)

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Summary

Greyware pottery recovered during excavation of round barrow (S2).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7935 6850 (54m by 53m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TL76NE
Civil Parish FLEMPTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Risby Poor's Heath Round Barrows.
All of surrounding former heathland is now arable. Of the boundaries shown on the scheduling maplet, only that along the N edges of a and b survives. Soil is very light and sandy (S1).
1964: Excavated by F de M and H L Vatcher. Two phases of mound-building, both associated with inhumations, succeeded by a cremation episode. All early BA. Also finds of Neo, IA and Rom (S1).
Pottery: grey ware pedestal base; shell gritted jar (type 2)(S2). Coin: Antoninianus of Gallienus, AD 253-268. From excavation of barrow R1).
See also Neo, BA.
Scheduled Monument.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
  • <M1> (No record type): SAM file:.
  • <S1> Unpublished document: Department of the Environment. Scheduling information.
  • <S2> (No record type): Vatcher F de M & H L, Excav of a Round Barrow, Nr Poor's Heath, Risby, Suffolk, PPS 42, 1976, 280- 2.
  • <M2> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files.

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Record last edited

Oct 19 2021 11:14AM

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