Poorly Located Find Spot record NKT 075 - Newmarket General, (Mesolithic) Findspot of a Mesolithic pebble macehead. (Mes)

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Summary

One Mesolithic pebble macehead. Formerly recorded as NKT MISC

Location

Grid reference	TL 64 63 (point)
Map sheet	TL66SW
Civil Parish	NEWMARKET, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Younger Dryas to Late Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full Description

Pre 1951: One Mesolithic pebble macehead. Ex Sedgewick Museum 1951 (S1,S2).

1826: There is a partially crested blade mentioned by Jacobi, from "800 yards nortrh east of Hamilton Stud Farm, Mesolithic? (S3).

Formerly recorded as NKT MISC

Sources/Archives (4)

<S1> SSF3055 Museum Record Card: Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology. 1951. Cambridge Museum 51-462. Cambridge Museum 51-462, 1951.
<S2> SSF23378 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 262.
<S3> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 622.
<S4> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (2)

FSF1098: PEBBLE MACE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF51668: CRESTED BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)

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None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 27 2021 1:57PM