Monument record BRD 078 - 'Small field'; 'Lower Field' (Terminal Upper Palaeolithic?-Bronze Age)
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Summary
Group of Upper Palaeolithic or Early Mesolithic and probably Late Mesolithic flints within large Neolithic & Early Bronze Age assemblage.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 7656 8688 (182m by 103m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL78NE |
| Civil Parish | BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
2005: Group of Upper Palaeolithic or Early Mesolithic and probably Late Mesolithic flints within large Neolithic & Early Bronze Age assemblage (see Bronze Age). Details in (S1).
2003: Also Microlith, Formerly inaccurately associated with BRD 162 (S2).
This scatter is likely associated with BRD 081, 087, 146 and 162, (S3).
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF50018 Finds Report: Plouviez, J.. 1995. SCCAS Finds Record:. Pendleton C (SCCAS), March 2005, inlcuding field name map..
- <S2> SSF50104 Digital archive: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. Portable Antiquities Database. SF-38E161.
- <S3> SSF59348 Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.
- <S4> 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 169.
Finds (10)
- FSF49794: OPPOSED PLATFORM BLADE CORE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FSF49795: BLADE CORE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FSF49796: MULTIPLE PLATFORM CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF49797: BLADE CORE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) to Early Mesolithic - 9700 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF49798: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 9000 BC to 701 BC)
- FSF49799: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 9000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FSF49800: FLAKE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) to Early Mesolithic - 9700 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF49801: END SCRAPER (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) to Early Mesolithic - 9700 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF49802: AXE TRIMMING FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF49805: MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Interpretation: Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods (ESF26899)
- Event - Intervention: Metal Detecting Use, 'Small field'; 'Lower Field', Brandon (ESF27053)
- Event - Intervention: Unsystematic Fieldwalking Survey? 'Small field'; 'Lower Field', Brandon (ESF27052)
Record last edited
Nov 9 2020 1:51PM