Poorly Located Monument record LKH 545 - Bronze Age beakers, Undley Barrow

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Summary

Two beakers in the British Museum, are recorded from `Undley Barrow, Lakenheath' in (S1)(R1). Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 7 8 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TL78SW
Civil Parish LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Two beakers in the British Museum, are recorded from `Undley Barrow, Lakenheath' in (S1)(R1).
Fox lists them as being `found together in a barrow', `site unknown' (S2)(R2) and VCH describes one of these as `found in a barrow at Lakenheath' (S3). A third beaker, `5.2 inches high' in Cambridge Museum (S2 322) may come from this barrow?
The location of this barrow is unknown but is occasionally reputed to be Undley Ringwork (LKH 022).
Formerly listed as LKH 022.

Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <R1> (No record type): BM, 79.12-9 1895 and 12-9 1896.
  • <S1> (No record type): Clarke D L, Beaker Pottery of GB & Ireland, 1970, 498.
  • <S2> (No record type): Fox C, Archaeol of the Cambridge Region, 1923, 322, 326, pl 1.
  • <R2> (No record type): Abercromby J, BA Pottery of GB & Ireland, 1, 1912, 24,88, plate 8, fig 61.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 266, (ill).

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:37AM

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