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Find Spot record ERL 047 - Little Eriswell, Eriswell, (Palaeolithic)

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Summary

Small ovate handaxe.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 723 805 (100m by 100m)
Map sheet	TL78SW
Civil Parish	ERISWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (MIS13 to Late Middle Paleolithic - 531000 BC? to 42000 BC?)

Full Description

1981: Small ovate handaxe, found on surface.

See also Neolithic record.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: drawing.
<S1> SSF59482 Finds Illustration: Pendleton C. 1981. Finds Illustration, ERL 047, Ovate Handaxe.
<S2> SSF59351 Digital archive: Wymer, J.J.. 1999. The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPs) The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPS). 23034.

Finds (1)

FSF3518: OVATE HANDAXE (Acheulean - 531000 BC? to 298000 BC?)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 4 2020 9:24AM

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