Featured Image: Late Iron Age Copper Alloy Langton Down type brooch © 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 next instalment of our Flixton Park Quarry series, we take a look thisContinue reading “Flixton Park Quarry – Into the Iron Age and Roman period”
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A Bronze Age burnt mound complex and Iron Age settlement on the upland clay at Laxfield (LXD 135)
Featured Image: Figure.1 The site showing the evaluation trenches, and Areas 1 and 2 © Cotswold Archaeology An archaeological excavation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in October to December 2021 on land at Framlingham Road, Laxfield, on behalf of RPS Consulting Services Ltd and ahead of residential development by Denbury Homes Ltd. Two areas wereContinue reading “A Bronze Age burnt mound complex and Iron Age settlement on the upland clay at Laxfield (LXD 135)”
New archaeological store for Suffolk’s bulk finds collections
Featured Image: New archaeological store with shelving for Suffolk’s bulk finds collectons © Suffolk County Council The Archaeological Service have acquired a new store for their bulk finds collections. Julie, the Archaeology Archives Officer, tells us all about it. The Archaeological Service collects and curates archaeological collections from commercial and community excavations across Suffolk. WeContinue reading “New archaeological store for Suffolk’s bulk finds collections”
Flixton Park Quarry – Investigating the Bronze Age
Featured Image: Ring ditch with central enclosure under excavation with two pits containing complete urns © 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 next instalment of this series, we explore the discoveriesContinue reading “Flixton Park Quarry – Investigating the Bronze Age”
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 discoveriesContinue reading “Flixton Park Quarry – circles, cemeteries and living with monuments”
Fentons Farm – Roman life and death in Sicklesmere
Featured Image: archaeologists cleaning and recording burials on-site at Fentons Farm © Archaeology Solutions Ltd now Wardell Armstrong In 2017, archaeological excavations in Sicklesmere in the parish of Gt Whelnetham recorded an important and unusual Roman cemetery. The excavation site known as Fentons Farm is located to the south of the known Roman settlement atContinue reading “Fentons Farm – Roman life and death in Sicklesmere”
Erskine Lodge – Roman life and death in Sicklesmere
Featured Image: an enamelled cockerel brooch c.1st-2nd century recovered from a deliberate deposition layer within a former river channel © Allen Archaeology In 2018, archaeological excavations in Sicklesmere in the parish of Gt Whelnetham recorded evidence for significant Roman activity. The excavation site known as Erskine Lodge, is located at the western end of theContinue reading “Erskine Lodge – Roman life and death in Sicklesmere”
Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon settlement, Mildenhall Hub
Featured Image: Archaeologists at work, excavating Iron Age pits at the Mildenhall Hub site. © Cotswold Archaeology From 2016 to 2018, Cotswold Archaeology undertook a series of excavations ahead of the development of the Mildenhall Hub, now at Recreation Way. They have shown that the site, at the southwest edge of the town, was settledContinue reading “Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon settlement, Mildenhall Hub”
Roman Pottery Production, Lavenham
Featured Image: The upper vessels in the firing chamber of the Roman kiln © Archaeological Solutions ( now Wardell Armstrong) In 2019, archaeological excavation on the edge of Lavenham at Bears Lane revealed evidence of two phases of Roman activity dating from the 1st to 3rd Century AD, including well preserved evidence for pottery production.Continue reading “Roman Pottery Production, Lavenham”
Medieval Farmstead, Stowupland
Featured Image: aerial view of excavation area, looking north-east © Oxford Archaeology East In 2021, excavations revealed evidence of a medieval farmstead in Stowupland, south of Gipping Road. Oxford Archaeology East carried out a trial trench evaluation and excavation work ahead of a proposed residential development, which revealed a medieval farmstead consisting of field boundaryContinue reading “Medieval Farmstead, Stowupland”
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