Monument record BSE 001 - Gainsborough Road (BA)
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Summary
Small pit, diameter 3 feet, depth 2 feet 4 inches?.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8369 6414 (50m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL86SW |
| Civil Parish | BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Small pit, diameter 3 feet, depth 2 feet 4 inches?. Found in excavation of 25 x 10 foot area, cut into chalky boulder clay below circa 2 feet of red loam. Contained: 4 sherds Beaker, 30 sherds rusticated ware, 1 scraper, flakes, 10 fragments human cranium, patchily charred. Excavator suggested ritual deposit. Unstratified small flint adze. Edwardson also notes these as finds "in pit at 5 foot' (S4). Note different date of discovery for Rom finds. For more information see (S5).
Also Rom.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <S1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XXXVIII, 8 ; card index 85.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy PSIA article.
- <S2> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL86SW2.
- <M2> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volume, card index.
- <S3> SSF5666 (No record type): Edwardson A R, PSIA, 27, 1956, (2), 89-95.
- <S4> SSF2551 (No record type): BSEMH, 6 inch record map, 44 NW, A E Edwardson entry, 10/3/1956.
- <S5> SSF6832 (No record type): Gibson A M, BAR 107, Beaker Domestic Sites, 1982, 119-120.
- <S6> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. 1955, 27, page 45.
- <S7> SSF3565 Bibliographic reference: Clarke D L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of GB & Ireland 2.
- <S8> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
Finds (6)
- FSF14572: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF14573: POTTERY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF14574: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF14575: HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF14576: ADZE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF52313: FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Mar 12 2021 1:41PM