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Find Spot record BSE 346 - 4 Fornham Road, (Near St Saviour's Gatehouse), Bury St Edmunds, (Palaeolithic).

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Summary

Paleolithic hand axe(s?), Too rolled to classify by type.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 8536 6533 (88m by 47m) Approximate
Map sheet	TL86NE
Civil Parish	BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

SITE? (Acheulean - 531000 BC? to 298000 BC?)

Full Description

Pre 1862: Handaxe?

c. 1885: Palaeolithic hand axe, Too rolled to classify by type. Details in (S1-S2)

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF50084 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J.. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. Page 136.
<S2> SSF59351 Digital archive: Wymer, J.J.. 1999. The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPs) The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPS). 22585.

Finds (2)

FSF34428: HANDAXE (Acheulean - 531000 BC? to 298000 BC?)
FSF49929: HANDAXE (Acheulean - 531000 BC? to 298000 BC?)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related to: REVOKED, Duplicate of BSE 346 (Revoked Record) (BSE 579)

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Record last edited

Dec 20 2019 10:16AM

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