Monument record ERL 009 - Caudle Head; Lakenheath Airfield

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Summary

Pottery, AD C2 and C3.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7299 8091 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL78SW
Civil Parish ERISWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Pottery, AD C2 and C3.
Coin, Crispus Caesar, AD 317-326 (S1)(S4)(R1). ? Same as "Roman coin & pottery found AD 1933"(S4)(R2). Information from H Tyrell Green, recorded by Grace Briscoe (S5)(R1).
"Roman site at Caudle Water or Caudle Head." Trumpet brooch found by Mr Willaims, Hinderclay sent to Ivan Moore in Cambridge 21/8/193? for vetting (S2).
"Many Roman objects, including coins, are found here. The probable centre is at Caudle Water (Caudle Head) on the Elveden estate. Many Romano-British objects have been found in the vicinity" (S3).
Part of large settlement scatter - see also LKH 030, 031, 032 - with burials ERL 023, 024.
See also ERL 15.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <S1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL78SW25.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volumes.
  • <R2> (No record type): OS, 6 inch map, 1958.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XCVIII, 13.
  • <S3> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XXXVIII, 33.
  • <S4> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL78SW27.
  • <S5> (No record type): Phillips C W, The Fenland in Rom Times, London, 1970, 243.
  • <S6> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 3 2021 9:28AM

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