Monument record FLN 062 - Flixton Park Quarry, New Phase 7 (Neolithic) (Neo)

Early Neolithic features included a few isolated pits and a small annular ditch, 1 metre wide, 0.3 metres in depth with an external diameter of only 8 metres, was also recorded. The fill included a large number of ?frost shattered flint cobbles. Dating was provided by ceramic finds. No internal features were identified. Late Neolithic activity was represented almost exclusively by pits. Similarly to previously excavated areas at Flixton the pits were often well stratified, containing Grooved Ware pottery and flint tools. The repetition in character, form and dimensions of these pits is suggestive of a deliberately structured deposition rather than their having a simple domestic function. In addition, an irregular shaped pit, which contained pottery and a polished flint axe fragment, was found to be central to a circle of post-holes. However, it was not possible to ascertain whether the post-hole ring and pit were contemporary and their juxtaposition no more than a coincidence (S1).

Specialist report summarising the results of the assessment analysis of the prehistoric pottery from six sites excavated within Flixton Park. The pottery form the six sites represents a large and chronologically diverse assemblage including Earlier Neolithic and later Neolithic Early Bronze Age assemblages (S2).