Monument record FKM 006 - Honington Airfield (extension to runway); Larkhall Heath
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 8995 7517 (51m by 50m) |
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Map sheet | TL87NE |
Civil Parish | FAKENHAM MAGNA, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
One of two `Tumuli' (also HNN 002) shown on OS 1st edition map in 1837 (S3)(R2).
1936: Height about 6 and half feet, diameter 52 paces, possible slight ditch (S1). Photograph of mound, dated 6.6.1936, in NWHCM (S3).
1943: Bowl barrow, diameter 120 feet, height near 6 feet, excavated pre- destruction. No trace of burial in excavation or later destruction. A human femur found on original surface below NE quadrant (R1).
Rim and neck of beaker found by workmen during levelling of tumulus after excavation (S2), or subsequent to excavation and below ground level. Other sherds believed to be in existence. Cast made by Spencer at IPSMG (S4). Grimes wrote to B Brown in August 1956 asking exactly where the sherd was discovered or whether there were any bones, as he had found nothing during the excavation (S2).
For further details of find and sketch of pottery etc see (S2)(S4). Possible connection with FKN 008.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL87NE10.
- <M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volumes, map.
- <R1> SSF7173 (No record type): Grimes W F, Excavations on Defence Sites 1939-1945, MOW Arch Rep 3, 1960, 247.
- <R2> SSF12433 (No record type): OS, 1 inch map, 1st ed, sheet 50, 1837.
- <S2> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, VIII, 88-91(ill); XCVI, 21,22,141(ill); map 15.
- <S3> SSF12296 (No record type): NWHCM, Suffolk parish records, Fakenham, photograph, 1936.
- <S4> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, letter & note by H E P Spencer, May 1945, ill.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Apr 6 2022 3:37PM