Find Spot record OFF 011 - Rook Hill Farm (`Field 2') (BA)
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Summary
March 1994: metal detected fragment frm end of blade of bronze axe (find number 31) - insufficient to show whether palstave or socketed axe (S1)(S2).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0737 4950 (136m by 159m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM04NE |
| Civil Parish | OFFTON, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
March 1994: (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s), metal detected fragment frm end of blade of bronze axe (find number 31) - insufficient to show whether palstave or socketed axe (S1)(S2). From area of Rom scatter.
(see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) another find also listed as find number 24 and described as `Bronze Age bronze fragment: of broken implement, 40mm' (S1). Identification not confirmed. Either rejected as PMed or not seen by John Newman, and certainly not passed on for identification to SAU in Bury.
Also Rom.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S1)(S2).
- <S1> SSF899 (No record type): Atfield R, Catalogue of finds found on farmland of Rook Hill Farm, Offton, Suffolk, ms, 1994.
- <M2> SSF43485 (No record type): Photograph: DHP 032.
- <S2> SSF895 (No record type): Atfield R per SAU (JP), finds report, ill, July 1994.
- <S3> SSF20261 (No record type): SAU, photograph, DHP 032.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Feb 26 2009 12:25PM