Monument record IKL 027 - Deadman's Grave
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 7775 7432 (50m by 50m) |
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Map sheet | TL77SE |
Civil Parish | ICKLINGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Deadman's Grave - Barrow?
C16: Apparently referred to as `Deadman's Grave' and `Deadman's Lands' in a case before the court of Augmentation in C16 (S2)(R1)(R2).
C19: Described by Prigg as "a little hillock in the middle of a trackway ... ". Cites legend of man and horse buried in one grave beneath the mound. Prigg made "a slight excavation in the mound ... but, so far, I found nothing of a sepulchral character" (S1).
1962: "A vague hummocky mound, apparently composed of sand ... measures approximately 6.0m in diameter and 0.5m in height ... beside an old road" (S2).
1976: In grassy heathland - the top of the mound is bare sand and there is evidence of rabbit around it. Height circa 0.39m, diameter circa 9.0m (S3)(S4).
1977: A vague elongated (note above visits do not mention elongation!) mound ... measures approximately 13m SW to NE by 8m transversely by 0.5m high (S2).
Sources/Archives (9)
- <S1> SSF16569 Monograph: Prigg, H.. 1901. Icklingham Papers: A Sketch of its Early History. Prigg H, Icklingham Papers, 1901, 4 & 5.
- <M1> SSF36926 (No record type): Photograph: ABU 004 (Jan 1976).
- <R1> SSF3694 (No record type): Clarke W G, In Breckland Wilds (2nd ed), 1937, 76, 111 & 145.
- <M2> SSF36927 (No record type): Barrow survey archive:.
- <R2> SSF3695 (No record type): Clarke W G, In Breckland Wilds, 1925, 164 & 186.
- <S2> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL77SE30.
- <S3> SSF10952 (No record type): Martin, E.A.. Martin E, Suffolk Barrow Survey archive, Ms.
- <S4> SSF5522 Bibliographic reference: Lawson A J, Martin E A & Priddy D. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia.
- <S5> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XCVI, 65, map.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 1 2018 3:26PM