Site Event/Activity record ESF21590 - Excavation - Moulton Paddocks, Moulton

Between 1st November and 12th December 2010, Oxford Archaeology East carried out an Archaeological Excavation at Moulton Paddocks and a Strip, Map and Record at Moulton Gallop, Newmarket, Suffolk. The Paddocks site (Suffolk HER MUN038) uncovered a Late Neolithic pit situated to one side of a struck flint mound of the same date, with satellite pits containing either complete pottery vessels or cremations, dating to the Early Bronze Age. In addition, Early Iron Age storage pits containing large assemblages of pottery and re-worked Late Neolithic flint were recorded. Features on the site have been dated by finds assemblages and radiocarbon dates to the Late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. A significant Late Neolithic lithic assemblage was also recovered. The Gallop site (Suffolk HER MUN039) revealed evidence of further Early Iron Age pits and two curvilinear pit-dug ditches which would most likely have formed a circle. This ring ditch monument contained struck flint dating to the Late Neolithic period, potentially contemporary with the Late Neolithic features from the Paddocks Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: Sitecode XSFMOP10 OASIS form ID oxfordar3-84072 NMR No. 1566287 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: ''''Open-area excavation'''', ''''Test-Pit Survey'''' Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCHES Neolithic, POSTHOLES Iron Age , PITS Iron Age , PITS Bronze Age Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): FLINT Bronze Age , FLINT Neolithic, POTTERY Iron Age , FLINT Iron Age , POTTERY Bronze Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 1.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TL667646 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Jess Tipper, Suffolk County Council Design originator: Jess Tipper, Suffolk County Council Director/Manager: Richard Mortimer Supervisor: Louise Bush DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Oxford Archaeology East ID: XSFMOP10/XSFMOG10 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Survey', 'Worked stone/lithics' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: St Edmunsbury Museums ID: XSFMOP10/XSFMOG10 Contents: 'Environmental' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Drawing', 'Photograph' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: St Edmunsbury Museums ID: XSFMOP10/XSFMOG10 Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Worked stone/lithics' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age activity at Moulton Paddocks, Newmarket, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Bush, L. Other Bibliographic Details: OA East Report No. 1258 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: OA East Place of Issue or Publication: Bar Hill Description: A4 Bound report URL: http://library.thehumanjourney.net/886/