| Title: |
'The Story of Hoxne' HXN 062 |
| Series: |
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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| DOI |
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| Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
As part of the Hoxne Heritage Group's HLF funded project 'The Story of Hoxne' thirty-one test pits were excavated by local residents, schoolchildren and other volunteers, with assistance from the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. In many places this was the first real investigation into the archaeological potential of the settlement cores and the test pits have frequently demonstrated that preserved archaeological layers are present, with eleven being issued individual HER codes. The test pits showed a wide variety of results, from clean undisturbed soil profiles in areas evidently outside of the medieval and post-medieval settlement, to thick occupation soils rich with post-medieval to modern material. Several pits contained archaeological soil horizons, at times deeply stratified, appearing to date back as far as the early medieval period. The earliest pottery recovered from two pits dates to the early medieval period, c. 11th-12th century. Medieval ceramics of c.12-14th century date were found in eight test pits while Late Medieval Transitional wares and other 15th-16th century ceramics were collected from twelve. Most of the test pits contained post-medieval and modern material, the quantities generally reflecting the location of each site in relation to the established post-medieval settlement. Post-medieval and twentieth century ceramics, were present in twenty-five of the test pits. Ceramic building material, i.e. brick and tile, was recovered from twenty-eight pits, fragments of clay pipe from twenty-four, pieces of glass from twenty-seven, metalwork including iron nails and other objects from twenty-four, and organic material such as animal bone and oyster shell from twenty-two. The event has shown that there is high potential for future fieldwork or documentary research to add to and enhance our knowledge concerning the life of the village and its development, particularly from the early medieval period. |
| Author: |
J A Craven
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| Publisher: |
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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| Other Person/Org: |
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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| Year of Publication: |
2013
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| Locations: |
| District: |
Mid Suffolk |
| Site: |
HXN 062, 'The Story of Hoxne' Community Project |
| County: |
Suffolk |
| Parish: |
HOXNE |
| Country: |
England |
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Grid Reference: 618100, 276800 (Easting, Northing)
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| Identifiers: |
| OASIS Id: |
suffolkc1-152681 |
| OBIB: |
SCCAS Reprot No. 2013/126 |
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| Note: |
SCCAS grey literature report
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| Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |
