Monument record MNL 225 - Hayland Drove; OS Field 3045; F21 (Neo)

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Summary

Concentrated scatter (scatter F21) of artefacts discovered fieldwalking by Colin Pendleton and Patrick Norman from 1965 to 1987 (S1).

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 6527 7748 (105m by 107m) Centred on
Map sheet	TL67NE
Civil Parish	MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

ARTEFACT SCATTER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full Description

Concentrated scatter (scatter F21) of artefacts discovered fieldwalking by Colin Pendleton and Patrick Norman from 1965 to 1987 (S1).
Material includes various worked and burnt flint, split bone, at least 20 leaf arrowheads, 1 flint laurel leaf, 5 polished stone flakes from axeheads, one of which is re-utilized, 1 polished flint axe (Jim Norman A5), 1 polished flint axe re- utilized as a borer (? ), 5 bone awl fragments, worked and cut bone, pottery of Grimston/ Lylles Hill variety and some beaker pottery and a jet toggle (MNL 128 possibly EBA - compare to jet toggle from MNL 165)(S1).
Incorporated in this scatter are MNL 026 (formerly mislocated in (S2-S10), MNL 128 and part of MNL 022 (re-utilized polished flint axe given wrong findspot in (S2)(S5)). Second concentration (extension of this site?) at TL 6540 7744 includes fine laurel leaf found by Byron Waters, leaf arrowhead and various worked flints etc (S1).
See also Mes & BA.
1978: Trial excavations by E Martin demonstrated that any archaeological occupation horizons had been totally destroyed by recent ploughing (S11).

Sources/Archives (13)

--- SSF59591 Finds Report: Pendleton C. 2007. MNL 225 (2007).
<S1> SSF10886 (No record type): Martin, E.A.. Martin E A, Summary of MNL 165, 1981.
<S1> SSF3362 (No record type): CBA Group 7, bulletin 16, 1969, 15.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: map, drawing, MNL 165 site summary.
<M2> SSF38975 (No record type): Photographs: AEY 33-35, AEX 8-9 (jet toggle).
<S2> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff, 1967, PSIA, 31, 1967, (1), 80.
<S3> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff, 1968, PSIA, 31, 1968, (2), 196.
<S4> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff, 1969, PSIA, 31, 1969, (3), 324.
<S5> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Neolithic, 1967.
<S6> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Neolithic, 1968.
<S7> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card, 1969.
<S8> SSF3360 (No record type): CBA Group 7, bulletin 14, 1967, 13.
<S9> SSF3361 (No record type): CBA Group 7, bulletin 15, 1968, 16.

Finds (8)

FSF10229: WORKED OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF10230: LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF10231: (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF10232: POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF10233: POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF10234: POTTERY (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF10235: WORKED OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
FSF35754: POTTERY BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)