Monument record WIX 021 - Kirtling Green to Wixoe Pipeline, Fields 4 & 5, prehistoric (Preh)

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Summary

Excavation identified later prehistoric features including a flint quarry, a number of pits and ditches and two cremation pits (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7116 4435 (207m by 894m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TL74SW
Civil Parish WIXOE, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Excavation identified a flint quarry pit, that contained 1561 worked flint were mostly debitage and waste flakes. A number of pits containing worked and also burnt flints were identified. A number of ditches have also been daated to theis period. Two cremation pits of probable Middle Bronze Age date were identified (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Atkins, R.. 2012. Kirtling Green to Wixoe Pipeline, Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Mar 9 2013 3:16PM

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