Poorly Located Monument record BUC 118 - Street and Steel's Farm, Bucklesham, (Mesolithic-Bronze Age).
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | TM 24 41 (point) |
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Map sheet | TM24SW |
Civil Parish | BUCKLESHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Pre 1991:
Bronze Age stray finds made by the Ramsey family in the area of Street and Steel's Farm:- unusually wide barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, 2.8cm long x 3cm wide; unusually small tanged arrowhead, 2.5cm long x 1.3cm wide (S1).
Mesolithic tray finds made by the Ramsey family in the area of Street & Steel's Farm:- tranchet axe, 15.5cm x 3.2cm x 2.6cm, triangular section, relatively crude flaking, patinated; small tranchet axe 8.6cm x 3.5cm x 1.8cm, squared off butt, patinated (S1).
Neolithic stray finds made by the Ramsey family in the area of Street and Steel's Farm:- polished flint axe, 11.9 x 5.2 x 3.5cm; part-polished flint axe with almost parallel sides, 11.7 x 3.7 x 1.9cm; butt end of an exceptionally fine polished flint implement, possibly a chisel, or a narrow axe, surviving length 12.6cm, 3cm wide at break, tapering to 1cm, 1.8cm thick tapering to 0.2cm; fine part-polished flint axe with tapering butt, 14.1cm long, 4cm wide at the blade, tapering to 1.2cm at the butt, 1.5cm thick (max) tapering to 0.4cm at the butt, faceted sides; extraordinary part-polished flint `axe' with a polished but deliberately blunted edge, 13cm long, 5.6cm wide at the blade tapering to 2.2cm at the butt, 1.3cm thick. Blade polished to a 0.5cm wide blunt but smooth edge. Apparently found in the area of BUC 033; flaked flint chisel, 11 x 2.9 x 0.9cm; oblique flint arrowhead with a short spur and a transverse arrowhead; 4 scrapers, 2 knives and flakes (S1).
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF17439 Finds Report: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. 1991. Street and Steel's Farm Bucklesham. Ramsey Mr, per Newman J, Ipswich, 1991.
- <S1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: finds report sheets & drawings.
- <S2> SSF39973 Photograph: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. BUC 118 Photographs. Photographs:.
- <S3> 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 910 M 910.
Finds (14)
- FSF11928: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF11929: OBLIQUE ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF11937: TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
- FSF12004: POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF12005: CHISEL (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF12006: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- FSF12007: MULTIPLE PLATFORM CORE (Early Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 8000 BC?)
- FSF49997: SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF49998: END SCRAPER (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF49999: SIDE SCRAPER (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF50000: TANGED ARROWHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF50001: KNIFE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 9000 BC? to 1501 BC?)
- FSF50002: BLADE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 9000 BC? to 1501 BC?)
- FSF50003: BACKED BLADE (Star Carr Type Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 9000 BC? to 1501 BC?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Sep 17 2020 11:56AM