Site Event/Activity record ESF21900 - Excavation, ERL 147 Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath, Eriswell
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Location
Location | ERL 147 Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 7258 7981 (74m by 201m) |
Map sheet | TL77NW |
Civil Parish | ERISWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
PROJECT DETAILS
Excavation identified, a substantial phase of Late Iron Age activity was seen 250m to the west of this monument at ERL 147 and primarily consisted of several pit groups and occasional ditches. The main group was a dense cluster of some seventy pits occupying an area c.15m across. The majority of these pits ranged from 1m to 2.2m in diameter and 0.5m to 1m deep and were evenly spaced with only a few intercutting each other. A few features scattered across the southern half of ERL 147 contained material from the Iron Age/Roman transition period, suggesting a continuity of activity on the site through to the 1st century AD and a phase of early Roman activity, which consisted of an east-west aligned, multi-cut ditch which ran approximately parallel to Lord's Walk and is thought to be part of the more extensive field system identified in excavations ERL 089, 120 and 129 to the north of Lord's Walk.
Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes
Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No
Associated Identifiers:
Planning Application No. F/2004/0093/GOV
HER event no. ERL147
HER event no. ERL 148
Related HER No. ERL 203
NMR No. 1431513
Project Type: Recording project
Investigation Type: '''Full excavation'''
Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16
Site status: Military Base
Current Land use: Residential 1 - General Residential
Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Roman, DITCH Late Iron Age , PIT Late Iron Age
Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): COIN Roman, WORKED FLINT Late Prehistoric, POTTERY Roman, POTTERY Late Iron Age ,
PROJECT LOCATION
Area 1.03 Hectares
Grid References: TL72857988 Point, TL72587982 Point
Height 14.00 - 25.00 metres
PROJECT CREATOR(S)
Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body
Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team
Director/Manager: Jo Caruth
Supervisor: John Craven
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics'
Media: 'Database', 'GIS', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Spreadsheets', 'Text'
PAPER ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics'
Media: 'Aerial Photograph', 'Context sheet', 'Drawing', 'Map', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section'
PHYSICAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Metal', 'Worked stone/lithics'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath, Eriswell, ERL 143, ERL 147, ERL 148 and ERL 203
Author(s)/Editor(s): Craven, J. A.
Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2012/038
Date: 2012
Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS
Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Description: SCCAS Excavation assessment report
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF54897 Unpublished document: Craven J. 2012. Archaeological Assessment Report, Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath, Eriswell, ERL 143, ERL 147, ERL 148 & ERL 203.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- ERL 147 Liberty Village East, RAF Lakenheath (Monument)
Record last edited
Jan 26 2013 12:22PM