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Find Spot record WCB 047 - Millhouse, Wetheringsett, (Mesolithic)

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Summary

1995: Tranchet type axe.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 131 651 (100m by 100m) Approximate
Map sheet	TM16NW
Civil Parish	WETHERINGSETT-CUM-BROCKFORD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)

Full Description

1995: Tranchet type axe, 12.4cm by 4.5cm by 2.3cm, reddish-brown flint (with some patination?). Found while metal detecting. Drawing in file (S1, S2).

See also Iron Age, Roman & Post Medieval records.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).
<S1> SSF7669 Finds Report: Plouviez J & Martin E. 1995. WCB 047. Hunt J (IMDC) per SAU (Plouviez J & Martin E), finds report, December 1995.
<S2> SSF59354 Bibliographic reference: Billington, L, P.. 2016. Lithic Scatters and Landscape Occupation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: A Case Study from Eastern England.. M 1217.

Finds (1)

FSF18711: TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)

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Record last edited

Jun 19 2020 10:05AM

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