Monument record WTM 040 - Wortham Ling, Wortham, (Terminal Palaeolithic-Mesolithic)

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Summary

1980s-1990s: Large amount of Mesolithic flint work from Wortham Ling including long blade industry ofTerminal Palaeolithic/early Mesolithic date. Also Late Mesolithic Microliths (30+).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 08733 79853 (334m by 226m)
Map sheet TM07NE
Civil Parish WORTHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1980s-1990s: Large amount of Mesolithic flint work from Wortham Ling including long blade industry ofTerminal Palaeolithic/early Mesolithic date. Also Late Mesolithic Microliths (30+).

1996: further finds of blades.

See WTM 034 for Med Green and general Prehistoric record.

Also see WTM 043 for further finds of Terminal Palaeolithic to Later Prehistoric flint finds

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11676?.
  • <S1> Excavation archive: Various. Various. Wortham Ling WTM 040, Folder.
  • <S2> 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 1228, P236.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2021 2:28PM

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