Monument record CUL 045 - Culford School Air Tennis Hall

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Summary

Evaluation and excavation disclosed Early Bronze Age child inhumation with complete food vessel and group of 17 pits, 1 posthole and two ditches mainly of Late Bronze Age date - details to follow.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 5835 2704 (47m by 30m)
Map sheet TL52NE
Civil Parish CULFORD, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (5)

Full Description

2007: Small archaeological evaluation of land at Culford School, Culford (site for a proposed tennis air hall). Site was formerly part of the walled formal gardens of Culford Hall/Park. Five evalution trenches were excavated producing seven features, one of which contained Iron Age pottery (S1).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2007(S3).

2009: Small area excavation of possible multi-period site evaluted in February 2007 (suffolkc1-25638). Iron age and possibly earlier prehistoric features and finds material found during evaluation phase. Excavation identified at least 1 Early Bronze Age burial; features of Late Bronze Age and post-medieval date. There were at least 2, possibly 4, inhumations on the site, though there appears to have been significant redeposition of the burails in antiquity (S2).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Atfield, R.. 2007. Evaluation report. Culford: Culford School, Tennis Air Hall (CUL 045), Culford.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Cass, S.. 2009. Excavation/Monitoring report. Culford, Culford School Tennis Air Hall, The Street.
  • <S3> Article in serial: Martin, E.A., Plouviez, J. & Feldman, H.. 1988. Archaeology in Suffolk 1987. XXXVI (4).

Finds (8)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 25 2024 1:01PM

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