Monument record THW 011 - The Old Post Office garden, Norwich Road

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Summary

Hundreds of gunflints and 'strike-a-lights' dug up in garden.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 11661 68322 (45m by 45m)
Map sheet TM16NW
Civil Parish THWAITE, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1998: Hundreds of flints dug up in garden potato patch by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S1). According to description (from Dr Tom Plunkett, Ipswich Museum) they sound like a mixture of wedge and platform types all relatively crude, plus some 'semi-circular' objects (possibly 'strike-a-lights'). Apparently no evidence for gunflint production waste so presumably cache of obsolete stock.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Newspaper Article. East Anglian Daily Times, 6 November, 1998, 12, ill.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG Enquiry. Plunkett Dr S, November 1998.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 11 2009 3:30PM

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