Monument record RBY 023 - Risby Poor's Heath, Risby, (Mesolithic)

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Summary

Four cores, 262 blades and flakes, found during examination of stone pits (dug circa 1890) in 1915 and followed by excavation in 1918 by H Dixon Hewitt.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 777 680 (224m by 55m) Centred on
Map sheet	TL76NE
Civil Parish	RISBY, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

LITHIC WORKING SITE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)

Full Description

1915-1918: Four cores, 262 blades and flakes, found during examination of stone pits (dug circa 1890) in 1915 (S1-S4)

Formerly recorded as RBY Misc.

Sources/Archives (5)

<S1> SSF16541 Article in serial: Dixon Hewitt, H.. 1919. Notes on some Flint-Chipping Sites at Risby, Suffolk. 3.
<S1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy (S1).
<S2> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL76NE6 (refers to (S1)).
<S3> SSF23378 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 263.
<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.. M 1146.

Finds (3)

FSF51059: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
FSF51060: FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
FSF8398: CORE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2021 12:02PM