Monument record ASY 007 - "Field No 53", Ashby, (Prehistoric).

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Summary

March 1998: variety of finds found fieldwalking.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 484 997 (477m by 474m) 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.
12 flint scrapers, butt from probable core axe-head, 5 trimmed flakes, 14 secondary flakes, 4 cores, 2 blades & 2 pot boilers.
Body sherd of dark grey fabric full of white grit (Iron Age?). Details in (S1, S3).

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 Medieval & Post Medieval.

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 SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service.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)

FSF22961: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF22962: POTTERY (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF22963: FLAKED AXEHEAD (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF49671: CORE REJUVINATION FLAKE = CORE TABLET (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF49672: CORE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FSF49673: BLADE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)