Monument record MNL 254 - Cooks Drove, West Row Fen; F16a; OS Field 7400, Mildenhall (Mesolithic)
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Summary
Thin scatter of Mesolithic worked flint, characteristically patinated bluish/white, found fieldwalking
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 6555 7675 (147m by 121m) Centred on |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL67NE |
| Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
1964-1987: Thin scatter of Mesolithic? worked flint, characteristically patinated bluish/white, found fieldwalking by Colin Pendleton. Finds include notched blade (catalogue no. E30), backed blade (E133) and microlith (E167)(S1).
April 1986: Also four microliths found.
Further Mesolithic flints in most surrounding fields.
Also Neolithic & Bronze Age records.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <S1> SSF15678 Unpublished document: Pendleton C F. 1987. Catalogue of finds and findspots,1965-1987, unpublished.
- <S2> SSF59354 Bibliographic reference: Billington, L, P.. 2016. Lithic Scatters and Landscape Occupation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: A Case Study from Eastern England.. M 1112.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Interpretation: Enhancement of the Suffolk HER for the Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Periods (ESF26899)
- Event - Intervention: Systematic Fieldwalking Survey, Cooks Drove, West Row Fen; F16a; OS Field 7400, Mildenhall (Ref: Norman P & Pendleton C) (ESF16893)
- Event - Intervention: Systematic Fieldwalking Survey? Cooks Drove, West Row Fen; F16a; OS Field 7400, Mildenhall (Ref: Ray Forsdike) (ESF27729)
Record last edited
Apr 27 2020 3:14PM