Monument record FLN 086 - OUTLINE RECORD: QUARRY PARK - SOIL STRIPPING 2006

2006: Soil-stripping at the eastern end of the quarry to provide material for a bund revealed a previously known ring-ditch (FLN 011) which was subsequently excavated under the site code for the whole area, FLN 086.
The 19m-diameter ring-ditch was found to be 1m wide and 0.8m deep and had a V-shaped profile. The ditch did not describe a perfect circle, but was made up of a series of straighter sections that together formed an angled shape with approximately eight facets. Finds recovered from the fill were limited to generally undiagnostic worked flints and a few sherds of prehistoric pot. No associated burial or other features were identified internal to the ring-ditch although it is still presumed to represent the ploughed-out remains of an Early Bronze Age round barrow.
Other features recorded included a large pit, probably of post-medieval date and the flanking ditches and rutted metalled surface of the pre-late 19th century Flixton to Homersfield Road. Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2006 (S1). Full report to follow.