Monument record BUN 021 - River Waveney, Outney Common, Bungay, (Mesolithic).
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Summary
Worked flints found in dredgings from river Waveney dumped on Outney Common.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 3252 8998 (50m by 50m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM38NW |
| Civil Parish | BUNGAY, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
| County | NORFOLK |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
1985: Worked flints found in dredgings from river Waveney dumped on Outney Common. Mesolithic flint blade, 12cm long, burin on small flake, resharpened, and an obliquely blunted pointed microlith of a form suggesting Early Mesolithic (see Thatcham, Star Carr, Kelling, etc). Identified by J J Wymer and A Gregory, NAU, card compiled by W F Milligan December 1985 (S1).
The source for this record was not located in 2019, (S2).
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Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF11775 Museum Record Card: NAU. 1985. NAU, index primary record card county number 22243,. NAU, index primary record card county number 22243, December 1985.
- <S1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: NAU, index primary record card county number 22243, December.
- <S2> SSF59348 Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.
- <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.. P 171.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 17 2020 3:49PM