| Title: |
Archaeological Service. Flixton Park Quarry. Interim Report of Archaeological Monitoring of Topsoil-Stripping (Report 2000/94) |
| Number of Pages: |
109 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A programme of continuous archaeological monitoring was carried out during the soil stripping of New Phase 6 at Flixton Park Quarry. Two relatively concentrated areas of archaeological features were recorded. The earliest activity was represented by features, principally pits, of Neolithic date. Comparable features excavated elsewhere had been interpreted as deliberately structured deposits which may have fulfilled a ritual/specialised function rather than representing domestic activity. The Early Bronze Age was represented by a ring-ditch and its associated features. A large 'grave-shaped' pit within the area confined by the ring-ditch was found to contain a single un-urned cremation. Iron Age activity, concentrated towards the southernmost end of the site, was represented by three post hole structures, pits, a possible enclosure ditch, a further series of more extensive ditches and less formally arranged groups of post holes. A gold quarter stater of Irstead type dating to c.50-40 BC, and attributed to the Iceni, was located by metal detector. Iron Age/Roman activity was represented by pits, small finds (all of 1st century date) and a unique rectangular post-hole structure. While there was no evidence that the structure was of more than one phase, the arrangement of post-holes suggested that two discrete elements were present. These were an internal group comprising three lines, each with six post-holes, with the exterior of the structure defined by rows of six post holes, on the opposed longer sides, and five post holes on the shorter sides. The ceramic finds suggested a mid 1st century Roman date for the abandonment of the structure, suggesting that its construction date and main period of use were in the later Iron Age. Only a small number of features dating to the later Roman period were recorded, almost all restricted to the northern end of the site. Evidence for medieval activity was limited to unstratified small finds. Three phases of post-medieval activity were recognised, all probably related to Flixton Hall, c.100m to the south of the southern edge of the site. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Stuart Boulter
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| Publisher: |
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Flixton Park Quarry |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Flixton Hall |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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EARLY BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| C5040 Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 1st Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Mid 1st Century Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: FLIXTON PARK QUARRY
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Waveney
Monument: DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), BUILDING. Roman (AD43-410), STRUCTURE. Roman (AD43-410), CREMATION PIT. Early Bronze Age, [finds]. Prehistoric, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Neolithic, [finds]. Late Iron Age, [finds]. Early B
Ngr: TM30358615
Parish: Flixton (The Saints Ward), Badingham
Postcode: NR351NT
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
