Poorly Located Monument record ERL 271 - Eriswell General 2, (Terminal Palaeolithic - Mesolithic)

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Summary

Four tranchet axes; two microliths, one other axe; four blades/flakes; two scrapers and one core listed by Wymer (S1). Formerly recorded as ERL MISC

Location

Grid reference	TL 72 78 (point)
Map sheet	TL77NW
Civil Parish	ERISWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FLINT SCATTER? (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) to Late Mesolithic - 9700 BC? to 4000 BC?)

Full Description

Four tranchet axes; two microliths, one other axe; four blades/flakes; two scrapers and one core listed by Wymer (S1).

Also Terminal Palaeolithic items, (S3).

Formerly recorded as ERL MISC

Sources/Archives (4)

<S1> SSF23378 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 256.
<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.. M 968, P178.
<S3> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11248, 11387, 11391, 11392, 11393, 11394, 11395, 11396, 11397, 11390, 263, 270, 813.
<S4> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (12)

FSF1971: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF1972: TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF1973: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF50226: OPPOSED PLATFORM BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF50227: ADZE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF50228: SCALENE TRIANGLE (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4000 BC)
FSF50229: MICRO TRANCHET MICROLITH (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4000 BC)
FSF50230: OBLIQUELY BLUNTED/PARTIALLY BACKED MICROLITH (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
FSF50231: LANCEOLATE MICROLITH (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
FSF51599: BLADE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 9700 BC to 9400 BC)
FSF51600: LONG BLADE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 9700 BC to 9400 BC)
FSF51601: CRESTED BLADE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 9700 BC to 9400 BC)