Monument record FLN 008 - Flixton Park (BA)

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Summary

A ring ditch of Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark to the north of Flixton Hall, Flixton parish.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 3018 8654 (71m by 63m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	TM38NW
Civil Parish	FLIXTON (NEAR BUNGAY), WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Large ring ditch, circa 40m diameter, to the N of Flixton Hall (S1)(S2). Grid reference altered from TM 3013 3656 1st November 1989.
Next to possible second ring ditch, FLN 045.
Prior to excavation this showed as a 0.66m high mound in a ploughed field. Excavation subsequently showed that the centre of the mound had been displaced 10m to the NW of the ring ditch centre through the construction of a Med windmill on the mound. A dispersed cremation burial, associated with sherds of EBA pottery of collared urn type, was found 8.5m SSW of the ring ditch centre. A number of flint tools, mainly scrapers and waste flakes were recovered from various places within the ring ditch. The ring ditch itself was 4.7m wide and 1.69m deep and had a diameter of 40m (S1). See also Sax, Rom & Med.
The remains of a round barrow of Bronze Age date is visible as a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs, to the north of Flixton Hall, Flixton parish, centred on circa TM 301865. (S5-S7, S9)

Sources/Archives (12)

--- SSF52309 Unpublished document: Boulter, S & Goffin, R. 2006. A Reassessment of and Updated Project Design for the Archaeological Deposits Excavated at Flixton Park Quarry ALSF Funded project., Flixton.
<S1> SSF11739 (No record type): NAU, AP, TM 3086/P/AXH1, 16/7/1984.
<M1> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. APs: ACX 2, AGG 12 13, AGG 14; CUCAP BFL 86.
<S2> SSF18716 (No record type): SAU, APs ACX 2, June 1976, AGG 12,13, AGG 14, July 1977.
<M2> SSF41195 (No record type): Excavation archive:.
<S3> SSF10943 (No record type): Martin, E.A.. Martin E, SAU, Excavation summary, 1990.
<S4> SSF50031 Photograph: CUCAP. CUCAP aerial photograph. CUCAP, AP BFL 86.
<S5> SSF50073 Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 3086/23 (NLA AXH/1) 16-JUL-1984.
<S6> SSF50073 Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 3086/10 (NLA TM3086H) 02-AUG-1977.
<S7> SSF50073 Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 2986/4 (NLA TM3086B) 21-JUL-1977.
<S8> SSF50250 Article in serial: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. PSIAH 37(3) 1991 p268.
<S9> SSF54570 Unpublished document: Palmer, R.. 2003. Flixton, Area centred TM301865, Suffolk: Aerial photographic interpretation.

Finds (4)

FSF13985: POTTERY COLLARED URN (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF13986: WORKED OBJECT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF24505: CREMATION (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF24763: POTTERY (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Jan 25 2023 11:07AM