Monument record BRD 078 - 'Small Field'; 'Lower Field' (BA)

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Summary

Large scatter of worked flint mainly Neo & EBA.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 7654 8688 (215m by 128m)
Map sheet	TL78NE
Civil Parish	BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)

Full Description

1991: flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, one barb missing. Found on surface while metal detecting. (S1)

Feb 2005: large scatter of worked flint from Upper Palaeoplithic/Early Mesolithic to EBA, mainly Neo & EBA. Also 3 sherds hand-made pottery. Details in (S2).

Oct 2005: further flints plus beaker body sherd - details in finds report filed as BRD 087.

Occasional Medieval & Post Medieval finds.

2008: round scraper, tortoise core? & possible flaked axe flake (S2).

Also see Mesolithic record.

Part of larger scatter - also see BRD 087, 146 & 162.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF23048 (No record type): West T, 1991.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: finds report, sketch.
<S2> SSF50018 Finds Report: Plouviez, J.. 1995. SCCAS Finds Record:. Pendleton C (Sccas), 2005 & 2008.

Finds (4)

FSF12354: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 1501 BC?)
FSF31934: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
FSF31935: POTTERY (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
FSF31936: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2020 10:47AM