Find Spot record MDS 117 - Front Field, (OS 608), Mendlesham (Mesolithic)

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Flint tranchet axe, 122mm long x 45mm wide, well made, slight reddish-brown colouration, cortex on the end of butt, found 1964.

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Grid reference Centred TM 1105 6385 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM16SW
Civil Parish MENDLESHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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1964: Flint tranchet axe, 122mm long x 45mm wide, well made, slight reddish-brown colouration, cortex on the end of butt, found 1964 (S1, S3).

A note on an Ipswich Museum map gives the find spot as TM 1106 6381.

Formerly recorded under MDS 001.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Source Unchecked: Colchester R. 1989. Unknown Source,. Colchester R, 1989.
  • <S2> Finds Report: Colchester R. 1969. Colchester Survey, Site 1. Colchester R, Mendlesham record sheet, site 1, 1969.
  • <S3> 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 1082.

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May 4 2020 3:42PM

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