Monument record FHM 010 - Chantry Cottage, Felsham, (Palaeolithic).

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Summary

Large fan shaped core found two feet deep, on clay while digging drain or septic tank.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9490 5739 (50m by 50m) Approximate
Map sheet TL95NW
Civil Parish FELSHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

1963: Large fan shaped core found two feet deep, on clay while digging drain or septic tank (S3). Formerly recorded as Neolithic (S1,S4,S2), but probably late Upper Palaeolithic. Compare to LKH 136. February 1994: NGR amended to correspond with actual findspot (S3). Formerly incorrectly cited as TL 948 573 (S1,S4).

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <S1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL95NW14.
  • <S2> Photograph: SAU. ND. Photographs AKL 1-15. SAU, Photographs AKL 1-15.
  • <S3> Personal Correspondence: Hart Mrs A. 1994. February 1994. Hart Mrs A, February 1994.
  • <S4> Article in serial: Owles, E. & Smedley, N.. 1963. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1963. XXIX 3. 349.
  • <S5> 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 181.
  • <S6> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 29 2021 1:40PM

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