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Being Anglo-Saxon: Building the replica Ipswich ware kiln

Featured image: Volunteers building the replica Ipswich ware kiln Here is another instalment of the Being Anglo-Saxon series, following the progress of the Rendlesham Revealed experimental archaeology kiln. Faye Minter tells us all about the building of the kiln structure. In summer 2022, a small group of volunteers started building the structure of the kiln,…

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Flixton Park Quarry – circles, cemeteries and living with monuments

Featured Image: Post Hole Circle with internal structure after Excavation © Suffolk County Council Since 1995 Flixton Park Quarry has been subject to formal archaeological excavation under planning archaeological guidance, but before then there was virtually no archaeological record. In the first of a series of articles, we take a look at the significant discoveries…

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Iron Age brooch, Gislingham

Recovered by a local metal detector user last year, February’s Featured Find showcases a Middle Iron Age brooch, dating to circa 275-250 BC. Almost complete, the brooch consists of now broken symmetrical terminals located at the head and the foot. The terminals are comprised of two adjacent discs with central perforations situated either side of…

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We're excited that the exhibition "Rendlesham Revealed: The Heart of a Kingdom AD 400-800" opens today at @suttonhoo_nt Last summer, a small group of volunteers, with help from Keith Wade and @handsonheritage on Heritage, started building the kiln structure of our replica Anglo-Saxon Ipswich ware kiln. Since 1995 Flixton Park Quarry has been subject to formal archaeological excavation, with significant discoveries being uncovered. In the first of a series of articles we look at the discoveries dating from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic periods. This month's featured find is a middle Iron Age brooch, dating to circa 275 to 250 BC, recovered by a local metal detector user last year near Gislingham. This brooch is part of a brooch group from this period recognised by having openwork wheel designs. Last Autumn, 9 Volunteers undertook a magnetic geophysical survey at Lackford, with training being provided by Phase Site Investigations, coordinated by @cotswoldarch This was part of the Brecks Fen Edge and Rivers project @thebreckslp Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service have loaned the Snape sword to @moyseshallmuseum Bury St Edmunds. Excavated from a 6th Century AD boat burial (Grave 47) within an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Snape, the sword will be on display as part of the Conflict exhibition, running until 23rd April 2023. Our volunteers have made excellent progress on last summer’s #Rendlesham Revealed excavated material over the past four months. The experiments continue with the Being Anglo-Saxon experimental archaeology kiln. Several volunteers have made test bars, to work out the optimum firing temperature of the clay and also to test water absorption.