Monument record MNL 286 - Pear Tree Farm, Cooks Drove, West Row Fen; F5b; OS Field 0031 (Neo)

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Summary

Small Neo/EBA scatter of burnt & worked flint & stone on sandy hillock in area of hummock & hollow micro-relief.

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Grid reference Centred TL 6610 7735 (52m by 53m) Centred on
Map sheet TL67NE
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Small Neo/EBA scatter of burnt & worked flint & stone on sandy hillock in area of hummock & hollow micro-relief. Finds collected by Colin Pendleton and Patrick Norman include part of polished flint axehead (catalogue number B28); flake of polished stone axehead (B29), petrological number S139 (not sectioned), previously listed under MNL 023; a stone grinder/polishing stone (K42) and micellaneous scrapers, worked flints etc. Also leaf shaped arrowhead to E from (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) approximately (P Norman A11)(S1).
Also polished stone, group VII (S2, S141) axe (B36) found potato harvesting, believed to be from this field (S1).
Also see MNL 23.
Also BA.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Pendleton C F. 1987. Catalogue of finds and findspots,1965-1987, unpublished. Pendleton C, finds records, map etc, ms, unpublished, circa 1965-1987.
  • <S2> (No record type): CBA, RR, 67, Stone Axe Studies, 2, 181.

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May 14 2020 11:27AM

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