Monument record BAY 037 - Cedars Park, Stowmarket to Baylham Pumping Station, Anglian Water pipeline (phase 2) (Later Prehistoric).

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Summary

Excavation identified a pit containing flint-working debitage, part of a large ring ditch and ditches forming part of a prehistoric (or later) field system.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1091 5283 (116m by 189m)
Map sheet TM15SW
Civil Parish BAYLHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

An excavation was carried out adjacent to a postulated Bronze Age barrow cemetery, with the following principal results: Prehistoric: Pit contained flint-working debitage of probable Mesolithic / earlier Neolithic date; part of a large ring ditch (BAY 007) associated with the postulated barrow cemetery is assumed to have been of later Neolithic or Bronze Age date; ditches forming part of a prehistoric (or later) field system (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Heard, K.. 2011. Archaeological Assessment Report, Cedars Park, Stowmarket to Baylham Pumping Station, Anglian Water pipeline (phase 2).

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Dec 4 2019 2:14PM

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