Monument record EXG 075 - Burwell Water Supply Improvements, Exning, (Prehistoric).

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Summary

July 1997: Monitoring and part excavation of natural hollow in chalk subsoil containing burnt & struck flints, animal bones and flint gritted pottery.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 6199 6406 (50m by 50m) Centred on
Map sheet	TL66SW
Civil Parish	NEWMARKET, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK
Civil Parish	EXNING, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

July 1997: Monitoring and part excavation uncovered evidence of a previously unknown prehistoric site. A natural hollow/depression in chalk subsoil was found containing a buried soil with burnt & struck flints, animal bones and flint gritted pottery. There was also an irregular grouping of post holes which also contained charcoal and suggests the site may have been a former settlement site. Details in (S1).

Sources/Archives (2)

--- SSF20817 Unpublished document: Tester, A. 1997. Archaeological Monitoring & Excavation Report,.
<S1> SSF20817 Unpublished document: Tester, A. 1997. Archaeological Monitoring & Excavation Report,. SAU, Tester A & Anderson S, Archaeological Monitoring & Excavation Report, SCCAS Report 97/58, Augus.

Finds (7)

FSF21666: BURNT FLINT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF21667: ANIMAL REMAINS (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF21668: POTTERY (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF50191: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF50192: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF50193: FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF50194: FLAKE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)