Monument record MNL 153 - Hayland House (Neo)

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Summary

During surface archaeological survey of area, a circular mound discovered in grass field immediately to W of Hayland House (now demolished).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 65 77 (100m by 100m) Approximate
Map sheet TL67NE
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

During surface archaeological survey of area, a circular mound discovered in grass field immediately to W of Hayland House (now demolished). Animal bones in mole hills indicated occupation. Mound, 60 feet across and 2 feet high, including 6 inches of eroded peat, excavated by C S Leaf in ? 1933 by trenches and open area method. Consisted of natural sand covered with peat. Water table found 6 inches below trench base. Finds on (& partially within) sand surface included restorable Mildenhall ware vessel (S1, plate 1)(R1), and other plain Neo sherds, worked flint, including one complete and one fragment of leaf arrowhead, a flake from a polished flint axe, animal bones and burnt flints, mixed with Mes & EBA material. Various features including `post holes' and dark sand patches recorded, some clearly EBA. Disarticulated human bone was also found in an EBA pit (S1).
Location of site at TL 650 770 approximate only, taken from small sketch plan in (S1)(S2).
1965-1985: Fieldwalking revealed relatively light scatter of worked flint, including part of polished flint axe in this area, which is now completely ploughed out, no surviving trace of peat and no indication of `circular' mound (S3).
Also Mes & BA.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Article in serial: Leaf, C.S.. 1935. Report on the excavation of two sites in Mildenhall Fen. Leaf C S, Report on the excavation of two sites in Mildenhall Fen, PCAS, 35, 1935, 106-117, (ill).
  • <R1> (No record type): Piggott S, PPSEA.
  • <S2> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL67NE3 & 9.
  • <S3> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
  • <S4> Unpublished document: Pendleton C F. 1987. Catalogue of finds and findspots,1965-1987, unpublished.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Sep 30 2021 2:19PM

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