Find Spot record HIG 032 - Broom Covert, Higham, (Palaeolithic).

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Summary

Probable burin, 4 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches, found in 1900 (S1). Formerly recorded as HIG MISC

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Grid reference	Centred TL 761 667 (120m by 322m)
Map sheet	TL76NE
Civil Parish	HIGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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FINDSPOT (Late Upper Palaeolithic (Late Magdalenian) to Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 12700 BC? to 9400 BC?)

Full Description

1900: Graver/Burin. 'Broom Covert' (S1). Found in 1900 on surface of Broom Covert. 4.5 inches long, 1.5 inches across. Working edge has been renewed more than once. Milk white in colour, surface original - not from a deposit. Striking platform reduced by subsequent trimming giving butt end a neat semi-oval outline.

This item is from the Forest eath Higham, not the Babergh Higham. "Broom Covert" is marked on the 2nd edition OS map.

Billington, (S2) regards this as a Late Upper Palaeolithic example, but mis identifies this as being from the Babergh district Higham.

Formerly recorded as HGM MISC, HIG MISC, HGM 032

Sources/Archives (3)

--- SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11427.
<S1> SSF10793 Article in serial: Marr, J.E.. 1924. An Implement from Higham, Suffolk. Marr J E, Proc Prehist Soc E Anglia, 2, 1922-1924, 163.
<S2> 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.. P 187.

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FSF16445: BURIN (Late Upper Palaeolithic (Late Magdalenian) to Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 12700 BC? to 9400 BC?)

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2021 1:20PM