Monument record BCB 002 - Brundon Pit; Jordans Pit, Sudbury, (Palaeolithic).

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Summary

Prolilfic mammalian faunal remains and interglacial deposits associated with flint implements including Levallois.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 863 418 (102m by 346m)
Map sheet	TL84SE
Civil Parish	SUDBURY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Gravel pit open in 19th century but extended in 1930s, when Reid Moir visited the pit and found palaeoliths. Excavations conducted by Moir at entervals between 1935 and 1937. Prolilfic mammalian faunal remains and interglacial deposits associated with the archaeology (S5).

Later MIS 7 (dated by Lithostraitigraphy, biostratigraphy, and U-series), below and within gravel (bed 3) of Stour. Primary and seconday context. Riverine. Warm; open grassland, woodland present, (S6, S8). However there are questions over provenance, especially considering the presence of a flat butted cordate "Bout Coupe", (S9)

See also (S1-S4, S7)

See also Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman records.

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

Sources/Archives (10)

<S1> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1936-70, 242.1,2,3,4; 1934-223.
<S2> SSF59385 Bibliographic reference: Tindell-Hopwood, A.. 1939. Excavations at Brundon, Suffolk (1935-37): Part 2: Fossil mammals. PPS, 5, 1939, (1), 1-32.
<S3> SSF50084 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J.. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p198-202.
<S4> SSF16517 Bibliographic reference: Moir J R. 1939. Excavations at Brundon, Suffolk (1935-37): Part 1: Stratigraphy and archaeology. PPS, 5, 1939, (1), 1-32.
<S5> SSF59351 Digital archive: Wymer, J.J.. 1999. The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPs) The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPS). 22794.
<S6> SSF56339 Bibliographic reference: Pettitt, P.B. & White, M.J.. 2012. The British Palaeolithic: Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World. 246.
<S7> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL84SE33.
<S8> SSF59386 Article in serial: Szabo, B. J. and Collins, D.. 1975. Ages of Fossil Bones from British Interglacial Sites.
<S9> SSF56333 Unpublished document: Cutler, Hannah. 2013. Understanding Late Middle Palaeolithic Neandertal Landscape-use during Short-Term Occupations in Britain.
<S10> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (13)

FSF11027: LEVALLOIS CORE (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF11028: HANDAXE (MIS7 - 241000 BC? to 189000 BC?)
FSF49693: CORDATE HANDAXE (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49694: CLEAVER (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49695: FLAT BUTTED CORDATE (BOUT COUPE) HANDAXE (MIS7 - 241000 BC? to 189000 BC?)
FSF49696: SUB CORDATE HANDAXE (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49697: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49698: CORE (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49699: FLAKE (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49700: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49701: LEVALLOIS FLAKE (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49702: LEVALLOIS BLADE (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC)
FSF49703: ANIMAL REMAINS (MIS7 - 241000 BC to 189000 BC) + Sci.Date