Monument record LVT 052 - Possible Bronze-Age round barrow or large Prehistoric site.

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Summary

A possible Bronze Age round barrow or large Prehistoric house site is visible on aerial photographs in a field to the north-west of Levington Park research station, Levington

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 23737 40256 (25m by 25m)
Map sheet TM24SW
Civil Parish LEVINGTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

A possible Bronze Age round barrow or large Prehistoric hut circle is visible as the cropmark of a ring ditch on aerial photographs, centred on TM 23734025 in fields to the north-west of Levington Park research station, Levington. The ring ditch encloses an area approximately 16.5m in diameter and has no obvious entrances. It is possible that the ditch represents the eavesdrip from a very large Prehistoric hut circle but it is more likely that it is the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, particularly as the area has a large concentration of barrows of Bronze Age date and the feature appears to be cut by possibly two different phases of later field boundaries. (S1) (S2) (S3) The ring ditch is also recorded in LVT 013. See LVT 051 for the other possible barrow, LVT 013 for the possible remains of Later Prehistoric or Roman field systems and LVT 054 for the Post Medieval field system. (S4)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. RAF 106G/LA/23 3044-3045 06-JUL-1944.
  • <S2> Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 2340/1 (956/239) 07-JUN-1976.
  • <S3> Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 2340/17 (1658/66) 12-JUL-1979.
  • <S4> Verbal communication: Newsome, S.. 2001 -. Suffolk Coastal NMP Project. Sarah Newsome 10/02/03.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Sep 26 2014 4:16PM

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