Monument record BSD 001 - Between Blacksmith's Corner and Baldrough's Wood, Belstead, (Mesolithic).

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Summary

Surface scatter of flint implements.

Location

Grid reference	TM 1250 4050 (point)
Map sheet	TM14SW
Civil Parish	BELSTEAD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FLINT SCATTER (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)

Full Description

1940-1962: Surface scatter of flint implements. Found between Blacksmith's Corner and Baldrough's Wood.
Lunette?, two scrapers, burin, double ended core, blades/flakes (S1). One light axe (S2). See also (S3-S4).

Sources/Archives (5)

<S1> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 962-32, 1962.
<S2> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1940-22, 1940.
<S3> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11324, 11328.
<S4> 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 887.
<S5> SSF23378 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 253.

Finds (6)

FSF49936: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF49937: FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF49938: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF6706: OPPOSED PLATFORM BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF6707: BURIN (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF6708: TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)

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Record last edited

Dec 23 2019 2:39PM