Flixton Quarry (Tarmac), Suffolk

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Overview

An archaeological evaluation/excavation was undertaken over a c.2.7 hectares area at Tarmac's Flixton Quarry (TM 2990 8655) in advance of gravel extraction. The perceived high archaeological potential for the site was based on previous significant findings in both Flixton Quarry (Tarmac) and the adjacent Flixton Park Quarry (RMC Aggregates Ltd).

The earliest features were sixteen pits of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date. Superficially these features exhibited a similar character to others excavated at Flixton, although the included Grooved Ware pottery was of a different type (Clacton sub-style rather than Durrington Walls sub-style) which could be contemporaneous with or slightly earlier (c.2900 BC) than the previously excavated assemblages. A second prehistoric phase, dating to the Late Bronze Age, was represented by four pits, although they did contain c.80% (by weight and number of sherds) of the whole prehistoric pottery assemblage. These features were were located in the same general area of the site as the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age features.

The majority of the archaeological deposits, however, were of post-medieval date. The earliest phase of which included the approximately 30 metres by 30 metres square ditched enclosure and its internal building, defined by a 6 metres by 6 metres square footing of rammed brick and tile. This feature was interpreted as a folly in the parkland associated with Flixton Hall and was probably erected in the 18th century although the dating evidence was ambiguous and an earlier, possibly 17th century, date is also considered as a possibility.

A second post-medieval phase was associated with a major landscape upheaval in Flixton Park undertaken during the middle of the 19th century when the Flixton to Homersfield road was re-routed to the north to its present location. A tree-lined avenue was also planted at this time, the western side of which was recorded in the excavation area. The third post-medieval phase related to the 1st World War when a large area of Flixton Park was given over to military training.

The Digital Archive

The digital archive comprises all files generated in electronic format generated during the course of the ALSF project, and for which permissions have been granted for deposit:

Project Report
  • Boulter, S. and Anderson, S. 2004: Tarmac Quarry, Flixton, Suffolk. Record of an Archaeological Evaluation. SCCAS Report No. 2003/107.

The project report is available to download as a PDF volume from the downloads page. The volume contains all figures, tables and appendices (incorporating specialist reports).

Project Database

The project database includes context and small finds indices along with specialist finds data, a list of tables is outlined below. All tables are available to download here along with detailed documentation - supplied by the depositor - to allow the data to be re-used.

Table NameDescription
FLN_009_compTo provide a list and description of all the context numbers allocated during the project under the SMR code FLN 009
FLN_009_SFProvides a list, identification and description of all small finds allocated OP No's under the SMR code FLN 009
FLN_009_Worked_FlintProvides a list and details of all the worked flint recovered from the FLN 009 site
FLN009_CBMProvides a list and details of all of the CBM (ceramic building material) recovered from the FLN 009 site
FLN009_GFProvides a quantification by weight and number of the bulk finds recovered from the FLN 009 site
FLN009_preh_potProvide a detailed list and description of the prehistoric pottery recovered from the FLN 009 site
Small_Finds_CategoriesTo provide a list of descriptions relating to the Find Category codes used in Small Finds Table (FLN 009 SF)
Worked_Flint_CategoriesProvides a list of descriptions relating to the Category codes used in the Worked Flint Table (FLN 009 Worked Flint)
Worked_Flint_TypeProvides a detailed description of the types of worked flint within each category that are used in the Worked Flint Table (FLN 009 Worked Flint)
Image Gallery and Site Plans

The online archive contains a small image gallery of photographs of the Flixton excavations. All images are available as JPEG files from the downloads page. In addition, these are supplemented by the original phased site plans.




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