Monument record HUD 073 - OUTLINE RECORD: Bury to Haverhill Transfer (MOLA) EVL

Features in Hundon dated from the late Bronze Age/early Iron Age to post-medieval. Prehistoric and Roman features were found in three separate locations each more than 0.5km apart. One Roman pit was found in a single trench 0.5km to the north of the village. In three trenches 1km north-west of the village there were two pits and four ditches dating from the Iron Age to late Roman. In three trenches 1.5km west of the village were three pits and three ditches dating between the late Bronze Age/early Iron Age and early Roman periods. In the latter area a Roman building that had been recorded (SHER HUD 021), 80m east of the pipeline route. Although the building itself had not been dated, late 1st century pottery had been recovered from the topsoil in this area.
The historic village core of Hundon (SHER HUD 010) is of late Saxon origin. Features containing late Saxon and medieval artefacts were found in three trenches 0.5km to the north of the village. There was a single ditch which contained five sherds of late Saxon pottery. In two trenches were single ditches each with 12th century pottery as well as CBM and animal bone. The latter produced a moderate quantity of animal bone from a range of species and comprised a domestic assemblage which consisted of processing waste from a meat-based husbandry strategy, with a number of young adult/juvenile elements being recovered, notably from pigs of optimum meat weight. 1km north-west of the village there were three trenches which collectively found a potential late Saxon ditch as well as a ditch and layer containing a moderate quantity of 15th century pottery. Mid-16th century pottery was found in a ditch 1.5km west of the village

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2022 (S1)