Find Spot record RGV 073 - Deer's Hill, Redgrave, (Mesolithic)
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Summary
Mesolithic quartzite macehead probably found at Deer's Hill in Redgrave Park in C19 by men digging for stone 10 feet below ground level. Formerly recorded as RGV MISC
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 06 77 (59m by 63m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM07NE |
| Civil Parish | REDGRAVE, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
| Civil Parish | WORTHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
19th century? Mesolithic quartzite macehead probably found at Deer's Hill in Redgrave Park by men digging for stone 10 feet below ground level. Part of Evans Collection (S1-S7)
Spear's Hill, Wortham on parish boundary with Redgrave is noted by Basil Brown on OS maps as having been called Deer's Hill on old plans.
Formerly recorded as RGV MISC
Sources/Archives (7)
- <S1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XCVI, 52, 217; map 22.
- <S2> SSF54455 Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 261.
- <S3> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card.
- <S4> SSF15307 Museum Record Card: Ashmolean Museum. 1927. 1927-3703. OXFAS 1927-3703.
- <S5> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11379.
- <S6> SSF23378 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 263.
- <S7> 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 1142.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 26 2020 2:13PM