Monument record IKL 059 - Icklingham Breck

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Summary

Alleged siting of PMed flint mines for gunflint industry - "TL 7760 7435 Site of old flint mines (Skertchly's Icklingham Breck)" (S1)(R1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7760 7435 (50m by 50m) Centred on
Map sheet TL77SE
Civil Parish ICKLINGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Alleged siting of PMed flint mines for gunflint industry - "TL 7760 7435 Site of old flint mines (Skertchly's Icklingham Breck)" (S1)(R1). 1962: "An area of disturbed ground, much burrowed by rabbits and showing evidence of having been worked in modern times for the sandy topsoil. Many small flints can be seen upon the surface, but no evidence was found for old flint mines. Two small worked flints were found, probably scrapers" (S1). 1977: "Eroded N-E slope of a sandy knoll denuded of topsoil and extensively burrowed by rabbits ... Measures approx 250m E-W by 50m N-S... No trace of surface digging or mining was visible, though a few random worked flints & some clay pipe stems were found on the surface" (S1).
Probably a 1934 mislocation of IKL 091 to N, possibly continuation of same?

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <R1> (No record type): Correspondents 6 inch record map, R R Clarke entry, 1934.
  • <S1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL77SE29, 1962 & 1977.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Mar 13 1989 12:00AM

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