Poorly Located Find Spot record CAM 074 - Cavenham (including Heath) General (Terminal Palaeolithic-Mesolithic)
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 7622 7161 (2505m by 3756m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL77SE |
| Civil Parish | CAVENHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
1928-1930: MAA, Cambridge. Seventeen cores, circa forty blades/flakes, one scraper, three microliths (S1-3).
Mesolithic Material in Various Museums from unknown discovery events, including tranchet axes, blades, flakes, axe sharpening flakes, microliths and cores, (S3)
Terminal Palaeolithic Material in various Museums from unknown discovery events, including Long Blades, Bruised Blades, Crested Blades, (S3)
Grouped and mapped together owing to poor provenance (S2, S4), probably some material from adjacent parishes.
Some Terminal Palaeolithic material possibly from Higham Heath to the immediate south, c. TL764684. Jacobi's grid references are confused. As is the whole paris, (S3)
Formerly recorded as CAM MISC (various)
Sources/Archives (5)
- <S1> SSF23378 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 255.
- <S2> 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 919, M 928, M927, P 174.
- <S3> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 265-267, 313-315, 317, 318, 6954, 11345-11356, 11359-11363, 11365, 11366, 11281, 11298, 11268.
- <S4> SSF59348 Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.
- <S5> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 964-11, 1964.
Finds (18)
- FSF2085: OBLIQUELY BLUNTED/PARTIALLY BACKED MICROLITH (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF2086: CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF2087: TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF2088: MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF49640: RHOMBOID MICROLITH (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF49643: AWL (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF49646: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF51602: BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF51603: OPPOSED PLATFORM BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF51604: LONG BLADE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 9700 BC to 9400 BC)
- FSF51605: BRUISED BLADE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 9700 BC to 9400 BC)
- FSF51606: CRESTED BLADE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 9700 BC to 9400 BC)
- FSF51607: LONG BLADE CORE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 9700 BC to 9400 BC)
- FSF51608: MICRO SCALENE TRIANGULAR MICROLITH (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF51609: MICRO TRANCHET MICROLITH (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF51610: LANCEOLATE MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF51725: LANCEOLATE MICROLITH (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF7190: FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Interpretation: Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods (ESF26899)
- Event - Intervention: Unknown Events? Cavenham Heath?, Cavenham? (ESF26940)
- Event - Intervention: Unsystematic Fieldwalking Survey? Cavenham Heath, Cavenham? (Ref: Kelly) (ESF26938)
- Event - Intervention: Unsystematic Fieldwalking Survey? Cavenham Heath, Cavenham? (Ref: Smith (MAA)) (ESF26936)
Record last edited
Jul 13 2022 3:08PM