Find Spot record CAM 048 - Cavenham Heath NNR

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Summary

Monitoring during heathland restoration recovered an unstratified end scraper and small quantites of heated flint.

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Grid reference	TL 7559 7229 (point)
Map sheet	TL77SE
Civil Parish	CAVENHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Full Description

Archaeological monitoring during turf stripping and shallow rotavation revealed no archaeological features, but did recover a small number of unstratified heated flints and a scraper of probable Neolithic date (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

<S1> SSF50302 Unpublished document: Brooks, R.. 2009. Archaeological Monitoring Report: Cavenham Heath National Nature Reserve strip and rotavation..

Finds (2)

FSF34138: END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FSF34139: BURNT FLINT (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

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None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Monitoring, Cavenham Heath NNR strip and rotavation, 2009 (ESF19993)

Record last edited

Mar 12 2010 5:36PM