Monument record SUS 005 - Roman Settlement, brewing complex and road.
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 145 785 (132m by 395m) |
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Map sheet | TM17NW |
Civil Parish | STUSTON, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (12)
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TROUGH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CORN DRYING OVEN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Undated)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- LEAT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- WELL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CREMATION (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full Description
Rom road on field S of Scole Bridge, running E-W and composed of stones. Basil Brown reports "stones, etc., very hard, took Mr Elliott a day to cut a drain through it." "Rom burial near road consisted of ashes and burnt bones in grey ware urn, a portion of which was kept by the schoolmistress." This site is in the area of an enclosure (see Un) and Brown has marked it on his 6 inch OS map at (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)(S1).
Metal detected finds include about 200 coins (range Claudian - Valentinian), a pin with head in the form of a hand holding a ?grape, and 18 brooches (S2).
Also Mes, Neo flints, IA coin, Un cropmarks, Sax pin.
Fieldwalking, metal detecting and trial trenches assessment in advance of Scole by-pass. Most occupation evidence along A140 but some subsidiary scatters (S3, S8).
1993-1994: Works in advance of bypass summarised in (S4)(S5). Area 6 identified a leat and brewing complex including a corn drier, a malting oven, barrel lined well and steeping tank. Further features included apits, postholes and and ditches Details to follow.
1995: Evalutation to the south of SUS 005 see SUS 035
Also metal detected finds from 2002 including 12 coins, 4 brooches and a vessel.
Also med sword chape and pmed finds. S6
Sources/Archives (12)
- --- SSF55905 Unpublished document: Palmer, R.. 1996. Aerial Photographic Assessment, Stuston / Oakley.
- <S1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, V, 46; XLIV, 1; map 28.
- <M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volumes, map.
- <S2> SSF17341 (No record type): Rackham K, xerox copies of maps, coin list, photos, 198?.
- <M2> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S2)(S3).
- <S3> SSF18968 (No record type): SAU, assessment report & archive, 1992.
- <S4> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1993, 38, (1994), 223.
- <S5> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1994, 38 (1995), 359-360.
- <S6> SSF50018 Finds Report: Plouviez, J.. 1995. SCCAS Finds Record:. Finds Report, Norfolk Museums Service, 9/11/02..
- <S7> SSF50250 Article in serial: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. PSIAH, 38 (3), 1995, p359-60.
- <S8> SSF61801 Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. 1992. Archaeological Evaluation Report - A140 Scole Dickleburgh Impovment (River Waveney to A140 south).
- <S9> SSF62041 Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Tester, T.. 2014. A Romano-British Settlement in the Waveny Valley: Excavations at Scole 1993-4; East Anglian Archaeology 152.
Finds (22)
- FSF14172: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14173: COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14174: COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14175: COLCHESTER DERIVATIVE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14176: HEAD STUD BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14177: THISTLE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14178: DISC BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14179: PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14180: FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14181: HARNESS (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14182: POTTERY SAMIAN (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14183: POTTERY NENE VALLEY (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF14184: POTTERY COLOUR COATED (Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- FSF26510: ECOFACTS (Undated)
- FSF30227: COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FSF30228: BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FSF30229: VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FSF30230: SWORD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF30231: VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF30232: COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF30234: STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF30235: SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Survey: Aerial Photographic Assessment, Stuston / Oakley (ESF23189)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation - A140 Scole Dicklebugh improvement (ESF15332)
- Event - Intervention: Excavation - Scole Bypass Area 6 (Ref: ) (ESF18394)
- Event - Intervention: Excavation Scole Bypass Area 7 (Ref: ) (ESF18393)
- Event - Survey: Metal Detecting (Ref: ) (ESF18460)
Record last edited
Jan 23 2025 4:24PM