Monument record REY 018 - Quay Lane Gravel Pit
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 4843 7781 (189m by 452m) Centred on |
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Map sheet | TM47NE |
Civil Parish | REYDON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
`Gravel workings. Three wells found, one with six courses of purpose made bricks at the bottom. Three feet wide and about thirty feet deep. There were several pots at the bottom, broken by the excavator, of C13/C14 and a beehive quern of conglomerate. The second well was unlined and contained many domestic animal bones. The third well collapsed when first revealed by gravel extraction, but apparently contained some pottery. In this area was a large spread of pottery, bones, nails and so on of the same date as the wells. Only one coin was found, that was a cut halfpenny of Henry II' (S1).
Note also '15ft elephant tusk here in situ' (to S of wells)(S2).
Sources/Archives (3)
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (Easton Bavents) copy (S1).
- <S1> SSF6755 Personal Correspondence: Gardner T H & Hogarth A P. 1988. Gardner T H & Hogarth A P, letter, 3 August 1988. Gardner T H & Hogarth A P, letter, 3 August 1988.
- <(S2)> SSF6761 Personal Correspondence: Gardner T H & Hogarth A P. 1982. Gardner T H, map & letter to Mrs L Bradford, 30 April 1982. Gardner T H, letter & map, August 1996.
Finds (5)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Mar 3 1999 12:00AM