Monument record BEG 004 - Rookery Mound, Great Bealings, (Mesolithic).
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Summary
3 cores, 1 scraper, 5 burins, 16 microliths. Excavations 1885-1886 by Major E C Moor produced 'B' beaker sherds, BA, Neo and IA sherds also flint flakes, scrapers, barbed and tanged arrowheads etc.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 2436 4875 (50m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM24NW |
| Civil Parish | GREAT BEALINGS, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
1885-1886: Excavations 1885-1886 by Major E C Moor produced 'B' beaker sherds, BA, Neo and IA sherds also flint flakes, scrapers, barbed and tanged arrowheads etc. Including significant Mesolithic component, (S1-S4)
Sources/Archives (5)
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S2).
- <S1> SSF59348 Personal Correspondence: Cutler, Hannah. 2019. Personal Observations as part of the Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods project.
- <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 996.
- <S3> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11583.
- <S4> SSF23378 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 256.
Finds (12)
- FSF266: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF267: CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF49759: FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF49760: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF49761: RETOUCHED FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
- FSF49762: SCALENE TRIANGLE (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF49763: OBLIQUELY BLUNTED/PARTIALLY BACKED MICROLITH (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF49764: LANCEOLATE MICROLITH (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF49765: ISOSCELES TRIANGLE (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 8000 BC)
- FSF49766: BACKED BLADELET (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF49767: ROD MICROLITH (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF49768: MICROBURIN (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Jan 13 2021 9:19AM