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Land north of Lion Road, Glemsford |
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Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The site is located in the north west of the village, close to the medieval Tye Green and within the historic core of the village and the work carried out included the archaeological monitoring of part of the site and a small open area excavation of circa 0.25 hectares. No archaeological features could be discerned within the monitored area but a large assemblage of unstratified Roman pottery was recovered while the open area excavation revealed Prehistoric, Roman and Post-Medieval features. Prehistoric activity on the site was limited with occasional residual Mesolithic and Neolithic flint finds and a group of small pits dated by their pottery to the Early Iron Age. A large assemblage of Roman pottery dating from the mid first to the late second early third centuries was produced by a series of pits and ditches. A small amount of Roman CBM was recovered from the ditches but although postholes of a similar date were revealed no Roman buildings could be defined. Only a single ditch terminus in the south of the site represented the medieval period. The north of the site was bounded by two Post-Medieval ditches which demarcated a field boundary shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey of 1885. Immediately to the south of this field boundary was a posthole structure. This was made up 85 postholes arranged in two double and was interpreted as being a tenter frame or drying rack associated with the local textile industry. |
Author: |
S Picard
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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: |
2014
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Locations: |
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Land north of Lion Road |
County: |
Suffolk |
District: |
Babergh |
Parish: |
GLEMSFORD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 582630, 248200 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
suffolkc1-169334 |
OBIB: |
SCCAS Report number 2014/009 |
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Wire bound assessment report following SCCAS report template
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |