Tester, A. (2013). Waste Water Treatment Works, Eriswell, ERL 225, Post-Excavation Assessment Report. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1039433. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Waste Water Treatment Works, Eriswell, ERL 225, Post-Excavation Assessment Report
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Excavations were carried out on RAF Lakenheath in the parish of Eriswell. The excavation revealed 1.5m of accumulated deposits with peat at the bottom and top of occupation soils dating from the Late Bronze Age to post Roman period. At least seven phases of Roman activity consist of probable enclosures, or droveway ditches and fence lines interspersed with dumps of occupation soil. Two individual features stand out: a Roman cremation, which is stratigraphically early in the Roman occupation, and the 'ritual' burial of a horse's head. The site appears to be on the margins of occupation. The macrofossils included oats, barley, rye and wheat (possibly for malting). Crop remains are largely absent from the pollen assessment however, and it has been mooted that the large collection of stratified animal bone offers a pointer towards the economy of the site. Two radiocarbon dates have been achieved from the peat (cal. 814 BC at the lowest peat formation and cal. AD 661 where there is a hiatus in settlement) and it is hoped that further dates from wet deposits will help refine the morphology and chronology of the site. The significance of this site lies principally in the environmental evidence, which it can contribute as a part of the major study of all the settlement sites on the Airbase, which is progressing towards an integrated publication. This site is unique among those excavated in having well preserved and stratified wet deposits.
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Author:		 Andrew Tester
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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:		 2013
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Site: ERL 225 Waste Water Treatment Works Assessment RAF Lakenheath
County: Suffolk
District: West Suffolk
Parish: ERISWELL
Country: England
Grid Reference: 572880, 280820 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BOTTLE GLASS (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BROOCH (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CREMATION (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) FIRED CLAY (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) IRON FRAGMENTS (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) IRON NAILS (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) LEAD FRAGMENTS (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) MOLLUSCA REMAINS OYSTER (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) QUERN STONE (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TEGULA OR BRICK (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CREMATION (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) LAYER (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) LAYER (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-154684
OBIB: SCCAS Report No. 2013/096
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018