Monument record BNC 002 - Beech Farm, Benacre, (Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age).
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 525 841 (100m by 100m) |
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Map sheet | TM58SW |
Civil Parish | BENACRE, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
1968: 2 Mesolithic cores, 3 scrapers, 5 end scrapers, flakes & a Neolithic axe found on Beach Farm' (S1, S3).
1971: Mesolithic & Neolithic implements including 1 hammerstone, 2 saws or blades, 1 notched blade, 1 core graver, 8 end scrapers, 2 side scrapers, butt end of leaf shaped arrowhead, 1 fabricator, 21 blades (9 complete), 1 pick partially ground, 3 blade cores & 1 micro core found grouped together in a small area on Beach Farm' (S1, S2).
Neolithic record, subsumed into this record.
See also (S4, S5) for items identified as Mesolithic.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM58SW3.
- <S2> SSF59405 Article in serial: Owles, E.. 1971. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1971.
- <S3> SSF55973 Article in serial: Owles, E. J. and N. Smedley. 1968. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1968. PSIAH, 1968, XXXI.2, pp. 188–201..
- <S4> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11315.
- <S5> SSF59354 Bibliographic reference: Billington, L, P.. 2016. Lithic Scatters and Landscape Occupation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: A Case Study from Eastern England.. M 888.
- <S6> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
Finds (18)
- FSF49890: END SCRAPER (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49891: FLAKE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49892: AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FSF49893: LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF49894: PICK (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49895: BLADE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49896: SAW (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49897: NOTCHED BLADE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49898: GRAVER (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49899: SIDE SCRAPER (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49900: FABRICATOR (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49901: BLADE CORE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF49902: CONICAL MICROBLADE CORE? (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF8469: CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF8470: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF8471: BORER (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF8472: MICRODENTICULATE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF8473: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Interpretation: 'Sensitivity to Access' assessment for Natural England Coastal Access project, February 2016. (ESF23524)
- Event - Interpretation: Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods (ESF26899)
- Event - Intervention: Systematic Fieldwalking Survey? Beech Farm, Benacre. (ESF27098)
- Event - Intervention: Systematic Fieldwalking Survey? Beech Farm, Benacre. (ESF27099)
Record last edited
Nov 2 2021 3:34PM