Clarke, G. (2021). Iron Age Remains on Land South of Tamage Road, Acton, Suffolk. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge).

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Title:		 Iron Age Remains on Land South of Tamage Road, Acton, Suffolk
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Between the 8th June and 16th July 2020 Oxford Archaeology East (OA East) carried out evaluation and subsequent excavation work at Land South of Tamage Road, Acton, Suffolk. The evaluation uncovered ditches within the northern part of the development area, adjacent to Tamage Road, which produced pottery spot dated to the Late Iron Age along with a few earlier Iron Age sherds. A small assemblage of narrow flakes that refitted to a core of Early Neolithic origin was also recovered from a natural tree throw feature. The subsequent excavation targeted the area of Iron Age remains. This work revealed that the ditches partly defined the southern extent of a rectilinear enclosure which encompassed a watering hole and four small pits, possibly representing ad hoc hearths. These features produced material generated from the presumed nearby core of a domestic farmstead setting including: pottery, animal bone, a fragmentary loomweight, wall-surface daub and, significantly, an assemblage of Iron Age worked flint, including cores and other tool forms. In addition, a Colchester derivative Romano-British brooch was recovered from the fill of a natural solution hollow. These investigations also uncovered a set of poorly dated former field boundary ditches whose alignment respected the layout of the surrounding fields shown on 19th century maps of the site. The excavation has revealed a locally significant group of Middle to Late Iron Age remains in a rural setting rarely excavated in this part of mid Suffolk. The watering hole and its surrounding features probably represent peripheral pastoral activity associated with a farmstead whose origins possibly lay in the Early Iron Age period.
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Author:		 G Clarke
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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Site: Tamage Road
County: Suffolk
District: Babergh
Parish: ACTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 589168, 244599 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BROOCH (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) WATERHOLE (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-384018
OBIB: OAE report 2442
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URI: https://library.oxfordarchaeology.com/5991/
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021