Find Spot record EXG 123 - Two Saxon iron axes, Newmarket Heath

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Summary

Two iron axes found on Newmarket Heath (R1). Formerly recorded as EXG MISC

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 62 63 (1000m by 1000m)
Map sheet	TL66SW
Civil Parish	NEWMARKET, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK
Civil Parish	EXNING, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK
County	CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Roman to Late Saxon - 43 AD to 1065 AD)

Full Description

Two iron axes found on Newmarket Heath (R1).
Newmarket Heath crosses the Cambridgeshire/Suffolk boundary (in Exning parish), and includes Newmarket Racecourse.
Possibly Roman (or Med?).

"found in 1822 while levelling part of the Devil's Dyke" so actually to west?

Formerly recorded as EXG MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF11099 Bibliographic reference: Meaney, A.. 1964. Gazeteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites.
<R1> SSF17586 (No record type): Rep Camb A S, 15.5.1876.
<S2> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (3)

FSF52411: SPEAR (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
FSF52412: SPUR (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
FSF8340: AXEHEAD (Roman to Late Saxon - 43 AD? to 1065 AD?)

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Record last edited

Sep 30 2021 1:16PM