Find Spot record MNL 951 - Thee Neolithic axe heads, Mildenhall Fen
Please read our guidance about the use of Suffolk Historic Environment Record data.
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 66 78 (1000m by 1000m) |
---|---|
Map sheet | TL67NE |
Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Three petrologically examined stone axe head from Mildenhall Fen of quartz sandstone; coarse tuff and quartzite (S1)(S2).
1951.468B: `?Quartzite pebble with one edge ground into an axe blade and the other roughly pointed. An unusual form, material Quart.Sandstone'. From Mildenhall Fen. Formerly REv S Banks collection, then Sedgewick Museum. Associations? - see (S2).
1951.468C: `Small sandstone ?axe head... incomplete, weathered. Length 3.7", breadth 2.2" (cutting edge)'. From `Mildenhall'. Formerly Rev S Banks collection, then Sedgewick Museum. Associations - see (S2). 1951.387B: Polished axe/adze, `from a pebble, one end only has been sharpened to a cutting edge. Length 4.25"'. From Mildenhall Fen. Formerly Rev S Banks collection, then Sedgewick Museum (S2).
Formerly recorded as MNL MISC
Sources/Archives (2)
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:36AM