Monument record LKH 439 - OUTLINE RECORD: Early Bronze Age Burnt Mound and Medieval Warren features RAF Lakenheath TL 7387 8109 (SA) EVL

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Summary

EBA Burnt mound and flint scatter identifeid in evaluation and subsequent excavation, as well as medieval warren features

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 5738 2811 (249m by 243m)
Map sheet TL52NE
Civil Parish LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Excavation on the airfield identified the remains of a burnt mound and in situ lithics scatter that has been dated by pottery and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) to 2790-1980BC. Careful plotting and refitting of the flint debris identified evidence to indicate the actual knapping sites, which also suggests both left and right-handed individuals. Cutting across the prehistoric activity were a series of parallel and right-angled gullies and ditches which have been dated (also by OSL) to 1220-1430AD and probably formed part of Lakenheath warren (S1,S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Machine readable data file: Caruth , J.. 2023. All Site summary Info RAF Lakenheath July 2023.
  • <S2> Article in serial: Minter, F., Rolfe, J. and De Leo, A.. 2020. Archaeology in Suffolk 2019, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History.

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Record last edited

Jul 15 2024 2:23PM

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