Monument record FRT 014 - Bronze Age concentric ring ditches, ring ditches and a probable round barrow
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 1728 3839 (25m by 25m) |
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Map sheet | TM13NE |
Civil Parish | FRESTON, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Double ring ditch, circa 25m diameter. A field boundary appears to cut through it, and it lies within the complex field system, FRT 009, as does smaller ring ditch, FRT 015 (S1-S5).
A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as the cropmarks of two concentric ring ditches on aerial photographs, located at (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) to the north-east of Turkey Farm in Freston parish. The two ring ditches enclose areas of 22.5 metres and 16 metres and they probably represent the remains of a ploughed out round barrow. The feature cutting the barrow (mentioned above) is probably a periglacial frost crack (S1-S6). See FRT 009 for the surrounding field system. (S7)
Sources/Archives (8)
- <M1> SSF47051 (No record type): APS: SAU AGC 08,13, AGJ 16; Farrands 166.4 & 166.1.
- <S1> SSF50071 Photograph: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Air Photograph. NMR TM 1738/3 (SFU 11560/GC/8) 21-JUL-1977.
- <S2> SSF50071 Photograph: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Air Photograph. NMR TM 1738/4 (SFU 11560/GC/13) 21-JUL-1977.
- <S3> SSF50071 Photograph: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Air Photograph. NMR TM 1738/5 (SFU 11565/GJ/16) 21-JUL-1977.
- <S4> SSF50073 Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 1738/12 (RHF 11489/166/1) 15-JUL-1977.
- <S5> SSF50073 Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 1738/13 (RHF 11489/166/4) 15-JUL-1977.
- <S6> SSF50073 Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 1738/19 (1659/394) 13-JUL-1979.
- <S7> SXS50100 Verbal communication: Newsome, S.. 2001 -. Suffolk Coastal NMP Project. Sarah Newsome 13/08/03.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jul 25 2013 2:50PM