Monument record BRH 015 - Iron Age settlement site, Sandy Lane Pit

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Summary

Settlement site, house, oven, pit, pottery and quern fragment, located at various times, see details.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1347 5149 (44m by 33m)
Map sheet TM15SW
Civil Parish BARHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (7)

Full Description

Settlement site.
Site lies on the top of a hill, overlooking Gipping valley, adjacent to gravel quarry. Quarrying in November 1978 revealed a pit containing a furnace or oven which incorporated fragments of a large Late BA/Early IA jar of West Harling type. Radiocarbon date of 2640 +/- 70bp, cal BC 845-795, HAR-3610.
Further work undertaken on site in April and May-June 1979 when area of approximately 720sq.m was examined, revealing a second smaller oven and a roughly circular post built house approximately 11m in diameter. The house site seems to be associated with Darmsden style pottery. A shallow pit, cut into a patch of clay in the sub-soil, contained pottery of C3-C1 BC. Details in (S2) and excavation archive.
See also Rom & BA.
1989: Pottery and saddle quern fragment (S1)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. Site Report. Newman J, SCCAS 1989.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: summary report.
  • <M2> (No record type): Excavation archive:.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Martin E. 1993. Settlements on Hill-tops: Seven Prehistoric Sites in Suffolk. EAA 65. EAA 65, 23-40, ill.
  • <M3> (No record type): Photographs: CAM 9-11.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

May 18 2020 11:00PM

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