Late Bronze Age to early Iron Age cremations at Bonhunt Farm (EHER 183)

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Summary

Excavated by K. Wade and A. Rogerson for the then Ministry of Public Building and Works from 1971 to 1973. Two urns belonging to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age were found at either end of the site, one containing the cremation of an elderly adult.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 5112 3349 (396m by 283m)
Civil Parish	WICKEN BONHUNT, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

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1971-1973. Excavations. Excavated by K. Wade and A. Rogerson for the then Ministry of Public Building and Works from 1971 to 1973. Two urns belonging to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age were found at either end of the site, one containing the cremation of an elderly adult. There were also at least three Iron Age pits, containing pottery and two bone objects, indicating casual occupation. <1> - <7> Previously recorded as part of TL 53 SW 4. <8>

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<1> SEX1031 DESC TEXT: Savory, L.S.. unknown. SMR.
<2> SEX1089 Article in monograph: Wade, K. in Buckley, D.G.. 1980. A settlement site at Bonhunt Farm, Wicken Bonhunt, Essex: Archaeology in Essex to AD 1500. CBA Research Report. No 34, pp96-102.
<3> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL53SW04, 1975.
<4> SEX1091 Article in serial: Wilson, D.. 1968. Medieval Britain in 1967. Medieval Archaeology. 12. p.20.
<5> SEX1092 Report: Department of the Environment. 1972. Archaeological Excavations. p27.
<6> SEX13380 Serial: Society for Medieval Archaeology. 1974. Medieval Archaeology. 18. pp 175-176.
<7> SEX76856 Report: Council for British Archaeology. 1980. Archaeology in Essex 1980. p.96-102.
<8> SEX75707 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL: Oral information, correspondence (not archived), or staff comments. KMF 23-AUG-1995 RCHME Recording.