Monument record ERL 036 - Bronze Age Round Barrow, Upper Chamberlain's Farm

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Summary

Barrow (with surrounding ring ditch) containing primary cremation with collared urn; also 2 other cremations and inhumation. Summary from record ERL 036: Excavated finds of flints and pottery in layer below BA barrow and small shallow 'features' (S1)(S2)(S3). Summary from record ERL 036: Finds of Roman pottery from excavation of BA barrow. Summary from record ERL 036: Finds of Medieval pottery from excavation of BA barrow.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 7466 7692 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet	TL77NW
Civil Parish	ERISWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Barrow, 65.5 ft x 61 ft x 1 ft high with surrounding ditch.
1965-6: excavated by David Dymond. Primary cremation with collared urn and ? bier burnt above it (S1). Contracted inhumation (relationship to mound unclear). Two secondary cremations (S2)(S3)(S4).
For details of beaker pottery see (S5).
Neolithic flints and pottery in layer below BA barrow and small shallow 'features' (S2)(S3)(S4).
Also sherds of Roman and Medieval pottery were found during the excavation (S2).

Sources/Archives (7)

<M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: card index.
<S1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, card index 113 with newspaper cutting - EADT 7.1.1966.
<S2> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 33, 1973, (1), 1-18.
<S3> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL77NW51.
<S4> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Eriswell Neolithic.
<S5> SSF6855 (No record type): Gibson A M, Beaker Domestic sites, BAR 107, 1982, p 150.
<S6> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (7)

FSF16099: POTTERY COLLARED URN (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF16100: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF1932: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF1933: POTTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
FSF3145: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF3146: POTTERY (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF52446: CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)