Monument record MNL 022 - Cooks Drove, West Row Fen; F26; OS Field 3061 (Neo)
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 653 776 (148m by 89m) Centred on |
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Map sheet | TL67NE |
Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Bifacially worked flint laurel leaf, 10cms x 6cms found at approximately (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) on ploughed field surface. Second, 10.2cm x 3.7cm, found by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) in 1960s. Leaf shaped flint arrowhead found at (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) on ploughed field surface plus scatter of various worked flints including scrapers. Very crude leaf shaped arrowhead found at (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) in 1966 by Mr C Pendleton on ploughed field surface plus scatter of various worked flints including scrapers and a 'polishing stone/ grinder' at (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)(S3).
Two stone saddle querns were found at (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) in ploughsoil in approximately 1964 (S3).
A polished flint axe is also listed as from this site (S1) (S2) but the given findspot (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S3). Also three sherds pottery (?BA) & barbed and tanged arrowhead (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) - see BA.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <S1> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff 1967, PSIA, 31, 1967, (1), 80.
- <S2> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Neo, 1967.
- <S3> SSF15678 Unpublished document: Pendleton C F. 1987. Catalogue of finds and findspots,1965-1987, unpublished. Pendleton C F, Catalogue of finds and findspots, 1965-1987, unpublished.
Finds (5)
- FSF10048: (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF10049: LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF10050: QUERN (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF10051: WORKED OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF10052: POLISHER (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Feb 6 2009 10:15AM