Monument record LKH 114 - Caudle Head; Lakenheath Airfield (Rom)
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 7322 8086 (50m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL78SW |
| Civil Parish | LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (5)
Full Description
1987: Following discovery of a human skeleton during construction work, small scale excavation carried out by J Plouviez for SAU. `A few days excavating' revealed `a series of small Rom ditches, probably field boundaries. A second human burial was found, near to the first; both had been buried in the top of one of the ditches'. No grave goods but `Rom pottery fragments and an iron pruning hook in the ditches suggest a date in the C1 or C2 AD for their use and also for the insertion of the burials' (S1). (S2)
Within larger Rom site, LKH 030.
For further inhumations in locality, see LKH 030, ERL 023 and ERL 024. Also IA.
Radiocarbon date of human femur SUERC-34269 (GU-23940): 240-400CalAD (95.4% probability).(S3).
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF20689 (No record type): SAU, Plouviez J, site summary, 14 April 1987.
- <M1> SSF38118 (No record type): Excavation archive: field book, copy (S1), plan, sketches.
- <S2> SSF50250 Article in serial: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. PSIAH 36(4) 1988 p318.
- <S3> SSF50272 Unpublished document: Radiocarbon date report. Scottish Universities Environ Res Centre.
Finds (2)
- FSF8153: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FSF8154: SICKLE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Jun 20 2011 1:55PM