Monument record FRK 008 - Hundred Acres Hill, Red Lodge

Barrow - marked on 1st edition OS map of 1836, N of Beech Belt, S of Hundred Acre Farm (S1).
Mound destroyed (S2)(note: this is incorrect - see 2007 entry below).
Possible site of 13th century gallows - see FRK Misc.
NGR possibly slightly too far south - TL 7065 6985 possibly more accurate (S1).
Circular cropmark at TL 7065 6977 (S3).

2002: A desk based assessment was undertaken of a large area on the east side of Red Lodge. The remains of a ploughed out Bronze Age Barrow (FRK 008) were present in the south portion of the site. Other Barrows are present in this generally low-lying area between the rivers Kennett and Lark. (S7)

17 June 2007: visible in arable field as distinct pale circular mound (approximately 50cm high?) from footpath to south (S4).
Red Lodge, formerly part of Freckenham parish.
Note: according to a member of the Mildenhall & District Metal Detecting Club in Dec 2007 & March 2008 this field being heavily 'nighthawked' by un-named detectorists - finds said to include 'loads Celtic [presumably coins], Roman, Saxon and everything'. Repeated illegal visitations would certainly suggest something significant in the way of finds (S5).
Referred to in 2002 desk based assessment (S6).

2006:The desk-based assessment highlighted the moderate potential for archaeological remains from the prehistoric, specifically Bronze Age, period. A number of barrows and barrow sites are known in the immediate and wider area, one potentially on the actual site (FRK 008). Other prehistoric spot finds and scatters suggest transitory activity during this time. The Iron Age through to Saxon era saw relatively little activity, and although the wider area saw some activity in the medieval period, Red Lodge was not extensively settled until the modern period. However the lack of archaeological investigations in the general area may be a primary reason for gaps in the archaeological record. Red Lodge originated as an inn on the Turnpike Road from Newmarket to Thetford. It was not considered a village until it was made a civil parish in 1987, having previously fallen within the parish of Freckenham. Hundred Acre Farm, which has 19th century origins, is the only other pre-20th century building in the village and appears to have had no precursors. Use of the land for warrens and agricultural purposes in the last 300 years would have caused minor damage to any deep archaeological remains, although the shallow subsoils and any archaeology therein would have suffered greatly (S8).