Monument record RBY 023 - Risby Poor's Heath, Risby, (Mesolithic)

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Summary

Four cores, 262 blades and flakes, found during examination of stone pits (dug circa 1890) in 1915 and followed by excavation in 1918 by H Dixon Hewitt.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 777 680 (224m by 55m) Centred on
Map sheet TL76NE
Civil Parish RISBY, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1915-1918: Four cores, 262 blades and flakes, found during examination of stone pits (dug circa 1890) in 1915 (S1-S4)

Formerly recorded as RBY Misc.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Article in serial: Dixon Hewitt, H.. 1919. Notes on some Flint-Chipping Sites at Risby, Suffolk. 3.
  • <S1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy (S1).
  • <S2> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL76NE6 (refers to (S1)).
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 263.
  • <S4> Bibliographic reference: Billington, L, P.. 2016. Lithic Scatters and Landscape Occupation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: A Case Study from Eastern England.. M 1146.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2021 12:02PM

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