Heard, K. (2011). Syers Farm, The Causeway, Hitcham, HTC 062: Archaeological Post-excavation Assessment report. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1038378. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Syers Farm, The Causeway, Hitcham, HTC 062: Archaeological Post-excavation Assessment report
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The site was located on farm land towards the northern edge of the village of Hitcham. The geological stratum was glacial till. There was limited evidence for prehistoric activity on the site. Two small fragments of un-diagnostic pottery (possibly of Iron Age date) and a worked flint fragment were found in a small, truncated pit. Three other worked flints of probable prehistoric date occurred residually in later features. There were no features of Roman date, and the only conclusive evidence for activity on or near the site during that period were a tegula fragment and an iron spearhead, both occurring residually in later features. There was considerable evidence for medieval activity, concentrated in the south-western part of the site and dating mainly to the 12-14th centuries. Some small ditches/gullies were probably for localised drainage. Several pits were found close to, and in some cases cutting, the ditches. Some of these were large enough to have been small clay extraction pits and others were posthole-sized features, although there was no conclusive evidence for buildings or other structures within the excavated areas. There was sufficient artefactual evidence (domestic pottery, some fired clay of uncertain origin and small amounts of animal bone) to suggest that there was occupation in the immediate vicinity during the medieval period, although the focus of settlement was presumably outside the excavated areas.
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Author:		 K Heard
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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:		 2011
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Site: HTC 062, Syers Farm, The Causeway, Hitcham
County: Suffolk
District: Babergh
Parish: HITCHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 598720, 251750 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) QUERN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SPEARHEAD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-103686
OBIB: SCCAS report number 2006/108
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Note:		 43 pages, A4, wire bound
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018