Monument record HLY 005 - Hollesley Bay Colony, (Prehistoric)

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Summary

360 worked flints (Prehistoric?) were found during 1974 excavation including 21 tools:- 1 Mesolithic tranchet axe fragment, 9 end scrapers, 6 side scrapers, 2 thumbnail scrapers, 3 rough scrapers.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 373 456 (184m by 169m)
Map sheet	TM34NE
Civil Parish	HOLLESLEY, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

LITHIC SCATTER (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Iron Age - 9000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Full Description

1974: 360 worked flints (Prehistoric?) were found during 1974 excavation including 21 tools:- 1 Mesolithic tranchet axe fragment, 9 end scrapers, 6 side scrapers, 2 thumbnail scrapers, 3 rough scrapers. Further details in (S1).

See also Iron Age & Roman & Undated records.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF59438 Unpublished document: Mowat R.J.C.. 1975. The Hollesley Bay Romano-British rural settlement..
<S2> SSF41585 Excavation archive: SAU. 1974. Hollesley Bay Colony,.
<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 1018.

Finds (5)

FSF14395: TRANCHET FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF14396: SIDE SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF50019: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF50020: END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF50021: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 1501 BC?)