Monument record ERL 030 - Foxhole Heath
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 7380 7769 (51m by 50m) |
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Map sheet | TL77NW |
Civil Parish | ERISWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Occupation layer found by W G Clarke in July 1914. Thin black soil layer partially covered by 2-3 feet of sand, which had been washed away in one place to reveal the black layer on which the following finds were made:- pot boilers, pottery, numerous cores, flakes, chips and about 30 flint implements, including a hammerstone, trimmed flakes, a discoidal implement, scrapers and knives. The pottery could not be dated exactly, although one sherd is listed by D L Clarke as Beaker of indeterminate type, Corpus No. 879F (S1)(S2)(R1).
Another BA scatter with Beaker pottery, ERL 004, circa 200m to SE.
Foxhole Heath finds Neolithic.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <R1> SSF3598 (No record type): Clarke D, Beaker Pottery, 1970, Corpus No. 879F.
- <S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL77NW16.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: xerox of (R2)(Barnham BNH 014)..
- <S2> SSF3702 (No record type): Clarke W G, PPSEA 2, 1914- 1918, 39.
Finds (6)
- FSF3192: WORKED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF3193: HAMMERSTONE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF3194: KNIFE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF3195: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF3196: POT BOILER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF3197: POTTERY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 7 1988 12:00AM