Find Spot record CAM 011 - Field Northeast of Dry Cavenham Mere (Mesolithic).

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Summary

Scatter of flakes, blades and cores over much of the area.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 765 704 (383m by 586m) Centred on
Map sheet TL77SE
Civil Parish CAVENHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

c. 1979? Fieldwalking Scatter of flakes, blades and cores over much of the area - possible concentrations towards S and E (S1).

The site was probably beside a mere,now low lying pasture to the east, and also produces evidence of Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon and Medieval occupation

See also CAM 027 (Mesolithic) and CAM 029 (Mesolithic).

Details are scarce due to a burglary in 1981, but the survey in 1979 seems to relate to an adjacent find mentioned on the PaMELA database and is included here (S3).

See also (S4, S5).

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Source Unchecked: Stimson, D.. 1979. Unknown, possibly personal communication after fieldwalking.. Stimson D, 1979.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: description - lost in burglary 1981.
  • <S3> Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.
  • <S4> Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11514.
  • <S5> 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 925.

Finds (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Dec 4 2019 2:49PM

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