Monument record MNL 035 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age triangular flint arrowhead.

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Summary

Triangular (called transverse) flint arrowhead, 4.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 6562 7691 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL67NE
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Triangular (called transverse) flint arrowhead, 4.1 cms by 3.3 cms (S2). Found by Colin Pendleton in April 1968, on windblown, weathered, ploughsoil surface (S4).
Recorded findspot of (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S1)(S2)(S3) incomplete, correct findspot is (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S4).
Also scatter of worked flint, animal bone etc, including plano-convex knife (S4). Probably extension of MNL 233.
Also reputedly found on this field by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (possibly this site), are a plano-convex knife, a scraper and a small quartzite(?) bead (? date)(S4).
Results of Fenland Survey not yet available.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff, 1968, PSIA, 31, 1969, (2), 196.
  • <S2> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Neolithic, 1968.
  • <S3> (No record type): CBA, Group 7 Bulletin, 1968.
  • <S4> Unpublished document: Pendleton C F. 1987. Catalogue of finds and findspots,1965-1987, unpublished. Pendleton C F, Catalogue of Finds & Findspots, 1965-1987, unpublished.

Finds (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 14 2020 10:56AM

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