Monument record IKL 239 - Icklingham Plains, Icklingham, (Mesolithic, Neolithic).

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Summary

16 cores, 15 blades/flakes and 1 scraper from Icklingham Plains, listed in Gazetteer by Wymer. Formerly recorded as IKL MISC

Location

Grid reference	TL 75 73 (point)
Map sheet	TL77SE
Civil Parish	ICKLINGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FLINT SCATTER (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full Description

1976? 16 cores, 15 blades/flakes and 1 scraper from Icklingham Plains, listed in Gazetteer by Wymer. Grid reference of TL 760 735 generalised only (S1, S2).

Formerly listed as IKL 042.

Also see IKL 095 for other Mesolithic finds on Icklingham Plains.

Formerly recorded as IKL 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. 257.
<S2> SSF23397 Source Unchecked: Wymer, J.J.. 1976. Unknown Source.. Wymer J J, circa 1976.
<S3> 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 1025.
<S4> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11454, 11455, 11456.

Finds (7)

FSF50499: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF50500: OBLIQUELY BLUNTED/PARTIALLY BACKED MICROLITH (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
FSF50501: CONICAL BLADE CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FSF50502: BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FSF50503: FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FSF50504: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FSF5935: TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)