Poorly Located Monument record BRD 363 - Post Medieval flint working site with a scatter of manufacturing debris.
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Summary
For details of Brandon gunflint industry see (S1-S4). Formerly recorded as BRD MISC
Location
| Grid reference | TL 78 85 (point) Poorly located |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL78NE |
| Civil Parish | BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
For details of Brandon gunflint industry see (S1-S4). Masses of gunflint production waste were recorded by Skertchly - see (S1)(S2), and various present day scatters, presumably relate either to actual production sites or to dumping sites - for list (incomplete) see parish file.
Also see BRD 065, 068 & 069 for workshops, BRD 066 & 067 for flint mines, BRD 020 for dump, BRD Misc PMed for fakes (CRN 09912 & 09913) and BRD 018 & Misc PMed (CRN 09913-5) for scatters & flints.
Also see Santon Downham sites & parish file.
Formerly recorded as BRD MISC
Sources/Archives (7)
- <S1> SSF21281 (No record type): Skertchly S B J, Memoirs of the Geol Survey, 1879, 5-8.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: list, site reports.
- <S2> SSF5062 (No record type): De Lotbineare S, `The Story of the English Gunflint', J of Arms & Armour Soc, 9, 1977, (1), 18-, (il.
- <S3> SSF3685 (No record type): Clarke R, Antiquity, 9, 1935, 38-56, ill.
- <S4> SSF10165 (No record type): Karlins, K.. 1984. The Gunflint Industry at Brandon. Karlins K, `The Gunflint Industry at Brandon', The Canadian J, 22, May 1984, (2), 51-59, ill.
- <S5> SSF21766 (No record type): Suff Rec Off, list of Gun Flint Company Records (1837-1849).
- <S6> SSF21183 (No record type): Shaw A B, `Report on Knappers Rot', ? Medical Journ, circa 1980.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:36AM