Monument record HAD 145 - Iron Age and medieval field boundaries Hadleigh Quary (Phase 2), Peyton Hall Farm
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 6021e 2442e (86m by 104m) |
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Map sheet | TM62SW |
Civil Parish | HADLEIGH, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (10)
- DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- CREMATION BURIAL (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POST HOLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRUCTURE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- GULLY (Early Iron Age to IPS: Early Medieval - 800 BC to 1150 AD)
Full Description
2015: Excavation revealed a series of features interpreted as field boundaries, the majority of which dated from the medieval period. They suggest a pastoral economy was being practised. At least one group of ditches represented Iron Age boundary features and a single, un-urned cremation burial, radiocarbon dated to the Late Iron Age/ Early Roman period, was noted close to a junction of these boundaries. Fragments of a Late Iron Age iron brooch were also recovered from the burial. A group of possible medieval postholes were present and may be related to a simple, open-sided animal shelter. Evidence for occupation was present on site, near this structure. The occupation evidence was in the form of pottery, occasional animal bone along with fired clay and charcoal deposits that probably originated from domestic bread ovens. Features close to the southern boundary of the excavation site revealed medieval finds which suggest a possible medieval occupation site was located immediately to the south in the area that was quarried during the 1960s (S1).
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2015 (S2)
Sources/Archives (2)
Finds (10)
- FSF45196: FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FSF45197: POTTERY (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
- FSF45198: CREMATION (Late Iron Age to Roman - 51 BC to 69 AD) + Sci.Date
- FSF45199: TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FSF45200: POTTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF45201: FIRED CLAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF45202: BURNT FLINT (Undated)
- FSF45203: QUERN (Early Iron Age to IPS: Early Medieval - 800 BC to 1150 AD)
- FSF45204: NAUHEIM DERIVATIVE BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- FSF45205: ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Jul 17 2024 11:03AM