Monument record FLN 061 - Flixton Park Quarry, Flixton, New Phase 11 and a small part of New Phase 12 (Palaeolithic)
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 6305 2868 (561m by 470m) |
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Map sheet | TM62NW |
Civil Parish | FLIXTON (NEAR BUNGAY), WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
2001: A single Handaxe found in a Saxon Sunken Feature Building, possibly redeposited, (S3)
For Mamalian remains see FLN 111.
For Pre-Anglian deposits see FLN 065 & 068 (part of 061 area): bone, plant remains, insects and very fresh struck flint [said to be rich assemblage of over 200 in situ struck flints - flakes and cores (S1), found in Pre-Anglian organic channel in pit by Schreve Danielle, Barbara Silva and Ian Candy of the Royal Holloway University.
' It therefore appears that there are fresh early Middle Pleistocene artefacts, a rolled series of handaxes of undetermined age and Middle Palaeolithic all present in different parts of the quarry' (S2).
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2001 (S4).
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF59512 Personal Correspondence: Havercroft, A. 2012. March 2012.
- <S2> SSF54392 E-mail: Schreve Danielle. 2007. Fresh early Middle Pleistocene artefacts.
- <S3> SSF52351 Unpublished document: Boulter S. 2006. Archaeological Assessment Report, Flixton Park Quarry, assesment 2, Flixton.
- <S4> SSF55364 Article in serial: Martin, E.A., Pendleton, C., Plouviez, J. & Geake, H.. 2002. Archaeology in Suffolk 2001. XXXX (2).
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Jul 31 2024 2:20PM