Monument record ARW 063 - Erwarton Bay; Arwarton Ness

Please read our guidance about the use of Suffolk Historic Environment Record data.

Summary

Event: survey and partial excavation of Saxon fish trap post alignments and Medieval semi-circular structure (see ARW 039).

Location

Grid reference	TM 211 331 (point)
Map sheet	TM23SW
Civil Parish	ARWARTON, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Opacity

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (3)

POST ALIGNMENT (IPS: Early Anglo-Saxon to IPS: Middle Saxon - 530 AD to 800 AD (at some time))
FISH TRAP (IPS: Early Anglo-Saxon to IPS: Middle Saxon - 530 AD to 800 AD (at some time))
STRUCTURE (15th century - 1430 AD to 1485 AD (at some time))

Full Description

Event: survey and partial excavation of Saxon fish trap post alignments and Medieval semi-circular structure (see ARW 039). Various other posts/structures(?) were recorded as well.
Fish trap posts gave 10 calibrated radiocarbon dates between 530 and 800 AD. A semi-circular post structure nearby gave 2 calibrated dates of between 1430 and 1485 AD (S1). Details to follow.
See event layer and ARW 039 for mapping on HBSMR.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF50080 Unpublished document: English Heritage. EH, Suffolk Coastal Survey (Shotley), Radiocarbon Results, June 2009.
<S2> SSF50272 Unpublished document: Radiocarbon date report. Groningen Univ Centre for Isotope Research, GrN-31732-9, 31936-9, 2009.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Fletcher W (SCCAS), survey and part excavation Dec 2008 - Jan 2009 (ESF19776)

Record last edited

Sep 29 2009 12:03PM