Craven, J. A. (2012). Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath, Eriswell, ERL 143, ERL 147, ERL 148 and ERL 203. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1018040. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath, Eriswell, ERL 143, ERL 147, ERL 148 and ERL 203
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Two open area archaeological excavations carried out prior to the redevelopment of the Liberty Village housing estate at RAF Lakenheath identified occupation and funerary activity from the prehistoric to Roman periods. The first phase was a funerary complex consisting of an Early Bronze Age ring ditch and associated inhumation burials. The ring ditch (ERL 148) enclosed an area 21.5m in diameter and was 4.6m wide and 1.25m deep. The ditch showed two distinctive periods of infilling, the final stages containing small amounts of Roman material suggesting the monument was still partially visible at this time. A central grave contained the remains of four individuals. The primary burial was a crouched female following which the grave was infilled and then re-cut for the burial of a c.16 year old female, then an infant with a small pottery vessel. The semi-articulated remains of an elderly female and a cremated pig were identified in the upper fills of the grave. A cremation burial within a possible pond barrow was identified lying to the south of the western ring ditch. A substantial phase of Late Iron Age activity was seen 250m to the west of this monument at ERL 147 and primarily consisted of several pit groups and occasional ditches. The main group was a dense cluster of some seventy pits occupying an area c.15m across. The majority of these pits ranged from 1m to 2.2m in diameter and 0.5m to 1m deep and were evenly spaced with only a few intercutting each other. A few features scattered across the southern half of ERL 147 contained material from the Iron Age/Roman transition period, suggesting a continuity of activity on the site through to the 1st century AD and a phase of early Roman activity, which consisted of an east-west aligned, multi-cut ditch which ran approximately parallel to Lord's Walk and is thought to be part of the more extensive field system identified in excavations ERL 089, 120 and 129 to the north of Lord's Walk.
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Author:		 J A Craven
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Publisher:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Site: ERL 147 and 148, Liberty Village, RAF Lakenheath, Eriswell
Parish: ERISWELL
District: West Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Lords Walk
Location - Auto Detected: Liberty Village
Grid Reference: 572850, 279880 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 572580, 279820 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) Worked Flint (Find)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CROUCHED INHUMATION (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) RING DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
Early Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
Early Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
1st Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-9253
OBIB: SCCAS Report No. 2012/038
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Note:		 SCCAS Excavation assessment report
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016