Monument record WGN 003 - Swale's Tumulus (BA)

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Summary

Swale's Tumulus, diameter circa 28m, mostly ploughed out, see details.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 6992 7145 (39m by 40m)
Map sheet	TL67SE
Civil Parish	WORLINGTON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Swale's Tumulus.
1935: Bowl barrow, tree covered and overspread. Burrowed. No visible ditch (S2).
1954: Excavated (due to partial destruction by bulldozer), revealed small primary mound (see Neo) with food vessel with cremation inserted in the side. Larger mound raised over small one, with chalk revetment, derived from well marked ditch, built round the base. Another cremation, covered with thin planks, came from outside the revetment (S1)(R1)(R2).
Beaker pottery also listed by Clarke (S4).
1976: "Now much ploughed down, visible as a slight rise of circa 0.2m with diameter circa 28m. Outer ditch visible on APs OS 74/095 128-9" (S1).1976: No trace, ploughed out (S3).
Also Neo.

Sources/Archives (10)

--- SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
<S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL 67SE28, 1976.
<R1> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 27, 1955-1957, 45.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: letter.
<S2> SSF12209 (No record type): NWHCM, 1935.
<R2> SSF15622 (No record type): PCAS, 50, 1956, 101-113.
<M2> SSF36250 (No record type): B Briscoe archive: excavation archive.
<S3> SSF10935 (No record type): Martin, E.A.. Martin E, SAU, 1976.
<S4> SSF3553 (No record type): Clarke D L, Beaker Pottery of G Britain & Ireland, Cambridge, 1970, 498.
<S5> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (2)

FSF3321: POTTERY (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF3322: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Excavated by Briscoe Lady G (Ref: Briscoe Lady G) (ESF14844)

Record last edited

Oct 1 2021 12:04PM