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 3037 8682 (561m by 470m) |
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Map sheet | TM38NW |
Civil Parish | FLIXTON (NEAR BUNGAY), WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
Map
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).
Sources/Archives (3)
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Nov 10 2020 1:12PM