Monument record BNH 152 - East Farm Brick Pit (Early Upper Palaeolithic Or Neolithic).

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Summary

Leaf-shaped point. Formerly recorded as BNH MISC

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 87 78 (160m by 78m)
Map sheet TL87NE
Civil Parish BARNHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1912: Leaf-shaped blade, claimed as `unquestionably solutrean...' - a shouldered point, or pointe-a-cran of the late Solutre stage. It is 2.75" in length to the fractured base, which is 1" in width. The vertical depth to the shoulder is 2.25" and it is chipped inwards for about half an inch. The implement is 0.25" thick in the centre and slopes to fine and most delicately chipped edges. Mr Reginald Smith says it is practically identical to one in the BM from Laugerie Haute (S1, S2). `... was found in the wash-mill at the brick yard, but the clay is only procured from the one pit' (BNH 013).

It would appear that this came from East Farm Pit (BNH 013). The identification is uncertain. It could posibbly be a broken LRJ Bifacially worked leaf point, or more likely a broken Neolithic Leaf or Oblique point. (S3).

Formerly recorded as BNH MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Article in serial: Clarke, W.G.. 1914. Some Barnham Palaeoliths.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).
  • <S3> Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 4 2019 12:54PM

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