Monument record WSW 002 - West Stow Country Park (BA)
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 7969 7133 (239m by 99m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL77SE |
| Civil Parish | WEST STOW, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Bronze age finds, including 2 obligue and one barbed and tanged arrowheads, and 2 bronze awls (also note several iron examples) from excavations of Saxon village site (S1)(S2). Part of very large assemblage of worked flints (20,795 struck flints recorded (S2), mainlt thought to be of Mesolithic and Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date but no detailed analysis undertaken.
Forty six secondary cremations in ditch and on inner lip of burial mound and numerous transverse arrowheads of LNeo form (see Neo) in general area of the ring ditch. Two of the cremations had bronze stains on the bones suggesting an EBA date.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SSF59377 Article in serial: West, S.. 1990. West Stow, Suffolk: The Prehistoric and Romano-British Occupations.
- <S1> SSF50202 Bibliographic reference: West, S.. 1985. West Stow : The Anglo-Saxon Village (EAA 24). 24. 62, fig 242.4 & 36, fig 144.1.
- <S2> SSF50203 Bibliographic reference: West, S.. 1990. West Stow : The Prehistoric and Romano-British Occupations (EAA 48). 48. figs 40.43 & 44 & 41.46.
Finds (4)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Nov 7 2019 3:40PM