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<< Text Pages >> The Mead, Great Cornard - Round Barrow(s) in England in Suffolk

Submitted by coldrum on Saturday, 07 November 2009  Page Views: 5183

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Mead, Great Cornard
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.066 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Suffolk Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Sudbury  Nearest Village: Great Cornard
Map Ref: TL8859239779
Latitude: 52.024370N  Longitude: 0.747400E
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Bronze Age ring ditch in Suffolk. A Bronze Age burial site has been unearthed by archaeologists excavating the former home of a Suffolk rugby club. The two fields which served as the home of Sudbury Rugby Club in nearby Great Cornard are the source of great excitement for a team of archaeologists working at the site.

Since moving into the site off The Mead in July teams from Suffolk County Council's Archaeological Service have discovered a haul of artefacts dating back to around 3,000 BC.

The dig has gone ahead as part of a future redevelopment of the site by Persimmon Homes which has paid for the excavation as part of its agreement to build hundreds of new homes in Great Cornard.

One field has been fully excavated and work on the second one is underway and proving fruitful with struck flint, used for making tools, Saxon pottery and even knife blades among the finds.

Jo Caruth, senior project officer for the dig, said: “It is very exciting we are able to dig these two adjacent ring ditches and we are hoping it will tell us a bit more about Bronze Age burial rites.

“It also helps enhance the picture of the landscape in that area of Great Cornard.”

The fertile south-facing valleys, such as those of the River Stour, are known to be a rich area for such sites and their locations become apparent through crop circles visible in aerial photographs. Trenches are then dug evenly around the circle typically uncovering 30% of it to give a good representation of what is beneath the site.

Mo Muldowney, archaeological project officer at the Great Cornard dig, said the site was found to be associated with pre-historic burial practices and further analysis will determine whether they have human remains.

“It is a funerary landscape which basically means it is where they built their monument to bury people,” she said. “The second ring ditch is slightly smaller and there appears to be the remains of some mound material.”

A team of 12 archaeologists is involved in hand digging the site due to the sensitivity of the operation and estimate there is another 5-6 weeks work left on the second field.

Artefacts uncovered are currently being quantified and dated back at their offices in Bury St Edmunds ahead of further analysis. Unless treasure is found they will go into storage and may end up at a local museum.

Read more, with photos of the site at the Evening Star

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TL8839 : Former level crossing by Alex McGregor
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TL8839 : 'King's Head' public house, Great Cornard, Suffolk by Robert Edwards
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TL8839 : The level crossing at Mill Tye by Robert Edwards
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TL8839 : Gainsborough Line to Sudbury, Great Cornard by Roger Jones
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Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old necklace was made from whelk and tusk shells by Andy B on Monday, 25 July 2016
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Bronze Age bling! Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old necklace was made from dog whelk and tusk shells

The 4,000-year-old necklace was found in an archaeological dig in Suffolk
Scientists analysed amino acids to identify its raw materials
This revealed the necklace was made using dog whelk and tusk shells
These materials would have been sourced locally by Bronze Age craftsmen
Necklace was found at an Early Bronze Age burial site at Great Cornard

More at the Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2660402/Bronze-Age-bling-Archaeologists-discover-4-000-year-old-necklace-dog-whelk-tusk-shells.html
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An Integrated Approach to the Taxonomic Identification of Prehistoric Shell Ornaments by Andy B on Monday, 25 July 2016
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An Integrated Approach to the Taxonomic Identification of Prehistoric Shell Ornaments
Beatrice Demarchi, Sonia O'Connor, Andre de Lima Ponzoni, Raquel de Almeida Rocha Ponzoni, Alison Sheridan, Kirsty Penkman, Y. Hancock and Julie Wilson6,7,

Shell beads appear to have been one of the earliest examples of personal adornments. Marine shells identified far from the shore evidence long-distance transport and imply networks of exchange and negotiation.

Here we combine amino acid analyses, macro- and microstructural observations (by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy) and Raman spectroscopy to try to identify the raw material used for beads discovered at the Early Bronze Age site of Great Cornard (UK). Our results show that at least two shell taxa were used and we hypothesise that these were sourced locally.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0099839
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