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Monument record BSE 074 - House of Correction, Bury St Edmunds, (Palaeolithic).

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Summary

Cordate hand-axe and flake from `House of Correction'.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 8645 6295 (160m by 166m) Approximate
Map sheet	TL86SE
Civil Parish	BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

SITE? (MIS19 to Late Middle Paleolithic - 788000 BC to 42000 BC?)

Full Description

Cordate hand-axe and flake from `House of Correction'. Details in (S1).

See also Post Medieval record.

Also see BSE 533.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF50084 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J.. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. 138.
<S2> SSF59415 Article in serial: Ticehurst, C. B.. 1934. The Mammals of Suffolk. 2.
<S3> SSF59351 Digital archive: Wymer, J.J.. 1999. The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPs) The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPS). 22553.

Finds (3)

FSF11787: HANDAXE (MIS13 to Late Middle Paleolithic - 531000 BC? to 42000 BC?)
FSF34300: FLAKE (MIS13 to MIS6 - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
FSF49925: ANIMAL REMAINS (MIS19 to MIS5e - 788000 BC? to 114000 BC?)

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Record last edited

Sep 3 2020 12:08PM

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