Monument record ACT 045 - OUTLINE RECORD: A Late Iron Age enclosure and pits at Land South Of Tamage Road (SUMO) GEO (OAE) EVL EXC

2018: A geophysical survey did not identify any definite archaeological anomalies. Linear anomalies of uncertain origin were detected, along with land drains and evidence of ploughing activity. The remaining responses included areas of natural magnetic variation and disturbance from nearby boundary fences. (S1)

2020: Evaluation revealed Late Iron Age ditches in the N part of the site and a small assemblage of Neolithic flint from a natural feature in the S. Targeted excavation of the Iron Age remains revealed that the ditches defined the S side of a rectilinear enclosure, which contained four small pits arranged in a line along the enclosure’s S boundary and one larger pit, a chalk quarry containing worked deer antler. From the subsoil, a Roman brooch overlying a natural solution hollow was also found. More recent activity was evident from a set of poorly dated linear ditches, which respect the layout of surrounding fields depicted on 19th-century maps. Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2020 (S2). Full report to follow.