| Title: |
Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (SNP 007) Combined Assessment Report and Updated Project Design |
| Number of Pages: |
69 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
<summary>An area of 50 x 30m, immediately to the east of the 1991 excavation, was examined during the second and final stage of the English Heritage-funded investigation of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery. The most startling result of the 1992 excavation was the absence of any definite traces of the (Scheduled) tumulus, said to have been the largest of the ten mounds visible in 1862, when it had a diameter of 25.5m and stood 2m high. The only feature which could plausibly be linked to the mound was a small, neatly cut rectangular pit, broadly in the centre of the "tumulus" marked on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 25 inch-scale map. The pit appeared to be of relatively recent date, but contained 14 sherds of Anglo-Saxon pottery, deriving from two or three vessels. It may have been dug in 1826 during a known episode of mound-digging by a group of "Gentlemen from London". Five ring-ditches, presumably the remains of smaller burial mounds, were however located within the excavated area. The graves within the ditches must have been very shallow, since in only one case did any trace of a grave survive and even this had been virtually totally destroyed by ploughing. Fragments of burnt and ?worked flint found in one of the ditches may suggest a prehistoric origin. One possible and six definite inhumation graves of the Anglo-Saxon period were found, thinly scattered across the excavated area. A wide variety of burial rite was noticed, with two biers and two textile-lined graves. It is possible that some inhumation graves in the area had been totally destroyed by ploughing. No cremation burials were found, though these too may well have been destroyed. S{italon}ec(abr)(17c){italoff} {italon}SMR Primary Record Numbers:{italoff} SNP007 |
| Author: |
William Filmer-Sankey
Vanessa Fell
Tim Pestell
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| Publisher: |
Snape Historical Trust
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| Year of Publication: |
1992
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
London Five |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 1862 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| 1826 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1992
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: SNAPE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY
Study area: 0.15ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Suffolk Coastal
Monument: RING DITCH. Undated, CEMETERY. Early Medieval (410-1066), RING DITCHES. Early Medieval (410-1066), PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), INHUMATIONS. Early Medieval (410-1066), CREMATIONS. Early Medieval (410-1066), BARROW. Early Medieval (410-1066), SHIP BURIA
Ngr: TM40005900
Parish: Snape
Postcode: IP171SA
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
