Lewis, C. and Ranson, C. (2014). Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Southwold and Reydon, Suffolk, 2014. University of Cambridge: Access Cambridge Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1042146. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Southwold and Reydon, Suffolk, 2014
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Series:		 Access Cambridge Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 This report presents the results of a programme of archaeological excavation of 16 1m square 'test pits' in the adjacent Suffolk coastal settlements of Southwold and Reydon, carried out in autumn 2014. The excavations were funded by 'Touching the Tide', an HLF-funded programme intended to increase public engagement with and awareness of the local environment. Producing a thin scatter of worked flint of probable prehistoric date from the area now covered by settlement, the 2014 excavations suggested that humans at this time favoured the areas close to and overlooking the tidal creeks. The test pits produced no evidence for settlement in the succeeding Roman or Anglo-Saxon periods, suggesting that settlement then was likely to be very scant or highly dispersed. The excavations did however show that both the present settlements probably originated in the high medieval period, with that at Reydon initially more substantial than Southwold from the late medieval period. Both settlements seem to have withstood the demographic crises of the 14th century and its aftermath relatively well, but the late medieval period did see Southwold eclipse Reydon in terms of population size, a relationship which once established was maintained throughout the post-medieval period and well into the modern era.
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Author:		 Carenza Lewis ORCID icon
C Ranson
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Publisher:		 Access Cambridge Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Southwold and Reydon
County: Suffolk
District: East Suffolk
Parish: SOUTHWOLD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 650807, 276441 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 650005, 277526 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) BURNT FLINT (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT BLADE (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINT FLAKES (Find)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT FLAKES (Find)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLLINT BLADE (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) GLASS (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) BRICK PATH (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
TEST PIT (Event)
PATH (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: accessca1-231101
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Note:		 A4, 104 pages
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017