Monument record LKH 041 - Rearing Field; Sandy Plantation (Sax)
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 728 829 (405m by 939m) Approximate |
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Map sheet | TL78SW |
Civil Parish | LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Many skeletons with beads round their necks were found on a rise of ground when Sandy Plantation was removed "over sixty years ago" (circa 1888). No pottery or weapons were found and the beads passed into the possession of (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s).
(see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) of Lakenheath states that the cemetery is Anglo Saxon (S1)(R1)(R2).
Area of finds marked on OS record map centres on (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S2). Note location of inhumation & cremation cemetery (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). Also see objects in Cambridge Museum - Misc Sax.
`According to T C Lethbridge "... there were burials with beads on top of the hill to the East of Lakenheath village"' (S3)(R3)(R4). The date of 1854 cited in (S3)(R4) suggests the approximate original discovery date of (this?) cemetery, though note Chesters collection in BM may relate to finds from Wangford Warren mentioned in (S3) rather than this cemetery. Also IA.
Sources/Archives (8)
- <S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL78SW2.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: map (stolen Autumn 1981), map 1988.
- <R1> SSF6538 (No record type): Fowler G, 6 inch record map, pre 1939 entry.
- <S2> SSF12933 (No record type): OS, 6 inch record map, TL78SW, entry 2.
- <R2> SSF15611 Article in serial: 1948-9. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. 42. PCAS, 42, 1948-1949, 93-94.
- <R3> SSF16354 (No record type): Phillips C W, Dark Age Index, 1, 1935-1938, 130.
- <S3> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL78SW47, 1965.
- <R4> SSF1570 (No record type): British Museum (catalogue ?), beads, Greville Chester, 1854.
Finds (2)
- FSF4558: BEAD (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- FSF4559: NECKLACE (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Dec 22 2009 11:13AM