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>A management plan was devised for the site in the light of the results of the previous two years' work at the pagan Anglo-Saxon cemetery. This aimed at securing the site's future preservation by redefining the Scheduled area. Further excavation close to the Scheduled mound was undertaken, in an area that was too damaged for preservation {italon}in situ{italoff}. Plough damage was great and no cremation burials were found, though a group of pottery sherds and fragments of cremated bone found deep in a rabbit burrow testified to their former existence. One possible and six definite inhumation graves were excavated, one being a small boat burial which had survived as a sand stain. This grave of a possible adolescent also contained numerous grave goods. Adjacent to the grave was a pit containing a horse's head, bridle and bit. Six "burnt stone features" were also located and have been interpreted as a form of oven, either for the cremation of bodies or for the preparation of food for a funeral feast. Limited excavation around the fringe of the surviving tumulus indicated that it was not surrounded by a ditch but may have had quarry pits. A further mound, still partially standing, was identified immediately adjacent to the Scheduled mound. {italon}Sec(abr/adp)(17b){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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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1992
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: SNAPE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, SNAPE Study area: 0.15ha Investigation type: Post-determination/Research District: Suffolk Coastal Monument: PITS. Early Medieval (410-1066), INHUMATIONS. Early Medieval (410-1066), SHIP BURIAL. Early Medieval (410-1066), BARROW. Early Medieval (410-1066), CEMETERY. Early Medieval (410-1066), CREMATIONS. Early Medieval (410-1066) 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 |