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Monument record WYB 014 - Shotford Heath, Weybread, (Palaeolithic)

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Summary

Flakes and a small pointed handaxe. Also Pleistocene Fauna including mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, aurochs, bison and horse.

Location

Grid reference	TM 2470 8149 (point)
Map sheet	TM28SW
Civil Parish	WEYBREAD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

SITE (Pleistocene General - 2578000 BC? to 9700 BC?)

Full Description

1970s: Flakes and a small pointed handaxe. Also Pleistocene Fauna including mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, aurochs, bison and horse, (S1, S2)

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF50084 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J.. 1985. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p147.
<S2> SSF59351 Digital archive: Wymer, J.J.. 1999. The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPs) The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain (TERPS). 22697.

Finds (3)

FSF2950: POINTED HANDAXE (MIS13 to Late Middle Paleolithic - 531000 BC? to 42000 BC?)
FSF51429: FLAKE (Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 9400 BC?)
FSF51430: ANIMAL REMAINS (Pleistocene General - 2578000 BC? to 9700 BC?)

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Record last edited

Jul 9 2020 11:54AM

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