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Monument record BSE 694 - Fornham Road Gravel Pit, Bury St Edmunds

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Summary

Handaxes and flakes.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 8488 6588 (86m by 65m)
Map sheet	TL86NW
Civil Parish	BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

SITE? (Acheulean - 531000 BC? to 298000 BC?)

Full Description

Pre 1968: Handaxe and flakes from this pit. Pit is visible on 3rd edition OS map, (S1, S2).

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF17674 Bibliographic reference: Roe, Derek.. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower & Middle Palaeolithic sites.
<S2> SSF59351 Digital archive: Wymer, J.J.. 1999. The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPs) The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPS). 22590.
<S3> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (2)

FSF52073: HANDAXE (Acheulean - 531000 BC? to 298000 BC?)
FSF52074: RETOUCHED FLAKE (Acheulean - 531000 BC? to 298000 BC?)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 9 2021 3:57PM

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