Monument record BOY 068 - A Prehistoric pit or post circle, visible as a cropmark.
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 37953 46535 (15m by 15m) |
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Map sheet | TM34NE |
Civil Parish | BOYTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (6)
- PIT CIRCLE? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- POST BUILT STRUCTURE? (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- HUT CIRCLE? (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
- HOUSE? (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC)? (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
Full Description
A prehistoric pit or post circle is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1974, about 320m north-west of Boyton Hall Farm, Boyton parish, centred on circa TM37954653. The circles are composed of pits of up to one metre in diameter, arranged in two concentric rings. The central ring measures about 10m in diameter, the outer ring, circa 14m in diameter. It is not clear from the photographs whether the cropmarks are showing over pits that were excavated with the intention of remaining open or over pits formed by the removal or decomposition of timber posts. Therefore the pits could represent either a ritual feature, such as a pit or post circle, or the structural elements of a feature such as a round barrow or round house, as described by Wilson (2000) (S2). However, of the many ring ditches that have been mapped as part of this survey, most have been interpreted as the ditches of round barrows or round houses, and none of these examples have resembled this feature. Therefore, until the site is excavated, an interpretation as a pit or post circle of Neolithic or Bronze age date is preferred.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jun 14 2013 11:58AM