Monument record BAR 045 - Hempsalls (Neo)

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Summary

Scatter of worked flint, mainly waste flakes, but also a possible knife, a fragment from a flint quern, a scraper and a discoidal core.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 9676 7094 (301m by 261m) Centred on
Map sheet	TL97SE
Civil Parish	BARDWELL, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK
Civil Parish	STANTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

ARTEFACT SCATTER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full Description

Scatter of worked flint, mainly waste flakes, but also a possible knife, a fragment from a flint quern, a scraper and a discoidal core. Found in three main concentrations (see parish file for details)(S1). Probably Late Neo/ Early BA.
1991: More flintwork found, extending the area. Includes a flaked chisel, knives, scraper and quern fragment (S2). Oblique arrowhead also found (S2). Transverse arrowhead found in area centred on TL 9668 7094 (S2). Also IA pottery, BA & Rom.
Originally Bardwell parish but, since parish boundary changes, now in Stanton.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF20971 Finds Report: Savery, E.. 1990. Savery E, 1990. Savery E, 1990.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: finds report sheets and maps.
<S2> SSF20973 Source Unchecked: 1991. Savery E, 1991. Savery E, 1991.

Finds (5)

FSF12550: WORKED OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF12551: QUERN (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF12552: CHISEL (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF12553: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF12554: (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)

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Record last edited

Jan 13 1992 12:00AM