Monument record WLG 007 - The excavation took place in the autumn of 1964 on the bank of a tributary of the River Lark.
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 8801 6030 (101m by 100m) Centred on |
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Map sheet | TL86SE |
Civil Parish | GREAT WHELNETHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
The excavation took place in the autumn of 1964 on the bank of a tributary of the River Lark. The site was trenched and four coins were found, Postumus 259-267, Allectus 293-296, Valentinian I 364-375, Constantine I commemorating founding of Constantinople, 330.* Also found were pieces of Samian, Colour Coated ware, painted buff ware, polished red ware, fine & coarse grey sherds, shell gritted C4 ware, Horningsea and West Stow sherds together with nails, fragments of bricks and tile and animal bones. The kiln flue was excavated and 3 lumps of iron slag were found. It was thought that the kiln was in the river itself and that the original course of the river lay further E in a depression between the present river and the railway line (S1). * These were presented to Moyses Hall Museum in 1964 but were stolen from the Museum in 1965.
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Finds (5)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 6 1987 12:00AM