Monument record WDN 002 - "New Gravel Pit" Wetherden

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Summary

Flakes from a `new' gravel pit in 1956.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9948 6243 (100m by 100m)
Map sheet TL96SE
Civil Parish WETHERDEN, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

1956: Flakes from a `new' gravel pit(S1). Originally recorded as Neolithic, Roger Jacobi recorded these as being similar to the Terminal Palaeolithic Long Blade site at Ivry Street in Ipswich (IPS 002), (S1-S4).

1980: Long Blade found, (reported to Portable antiquities scheme), recorded as Mesolithic, length suggests Terminal Palaeolithic, (S5, S6).

No further details found in Ipswich Museum Accession registers September 2020.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <S1> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 956-99, 1956.
  • <S2> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL96SE3.
  • <S3> Article in serial: Smedley, N. and F. A. Aberg. 1957. Archaeology in Suffolk 1957.
  • <S4> Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 339, 5676, 5678.
  • <S5> Digital archive: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. Portable Antiquities Database. SF-285D99.
  • <S6> Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.
  • <S7> Bibliographic reference: Billington, L, P.. 2016. Lithic Scatters and Landscape Occupation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: A Case Study from Eastern England.. P 231.
  • <S8> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (5)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 31 2021 11:59AM

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