Monument record ASY 006 - "Field No 69", Ashby, (Prehistoric).

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Summary

March 1998: fieldwalking - variety of finds.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 488 980 (410m by 347m) Centred on
Map sheet	TM49NE
Civil Parish	SOMERLEYTON, ASHBY AND HERRINGFLEET, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FLINT SCATTER (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Full Description

March 1998: Fieldwalking survey by Lowestoft Archaeological & Local History Society Field Group located variety of finds.
Prehistoric material listed as: eleven secondary flakes, non-descript core tool, two blades, seven scrapers, five trimmer flakes, two multi-platform cores, pointed end from probable beaker dagger. Details in (S1).

Descriptions of finds are broad, dating to a specific period bracket is ill-advised. However, they may be later Prehistoric, based on older version on this record, (S3).

Also see Rom, Sax, Med & PMed.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF10409 Finds Report: LALHS. 1998. Report of fieldwalk & Pottery & Flint finds record sheets, March 1998. LALHS, Report of fieldwalk & Pottery & Flint finds record sheets, March 1998.
<S2> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).
<S3> SSF59348 Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.

Finds (6)

FSF22953: FLAKE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF22954: DAGGER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 1501 BC?)
FSF49666: MULTIPLE PLATFORM CORE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF49667: BLADE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF49668: CORE REJUVINATION FLAKE = CORE TABLET? (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF49670: CORE TOOL? (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)