Poorly Located Find Spot record MNL 872 - Findspot of a Neolithic white flint chisel
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Summary
Mildenhall (area), Fenton Collection: chisel of white flint, 3. Formerly recorded as MNL MISC
Location
| Grid reference | TL 67 78 (point) Poorly located |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL67NE |
| Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Mildenhall (area), Fenton Collection: chisel of white flint, 3.5 inches long (S1).
Also other unspecified artefacts in Fenton Collection (S2). Small polished stone axe, "petrological report from Geol Survey, 1956 says: `The rock is a greywacke with angular and rounded grains of quartz, iron-ore, chlorite and feldspar set in a chloritic and microgranular quartz-feldspathic matrix. Epidote is fairly common.' S.9, ENQ 1516" (S3)(S4).
Formerly recorded as MNL MISC
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1899-30.204, undated.
- <S2> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1899-30.
- <S3> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1935-214.
- <S4> SSF3770 (No record type): Clough T H McK and Cummins W A (eds), Stone Axe Studies, 2, CBA RR, 67, 1988, 180 no. 9.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:48AM