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Find Spot record HUN 009 - Hunstonhall Farm, Hunston, (Mesolithic).

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Summary

Flint axe, length 13cm, unpatinated.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 976 681 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet	TL96NE
Civil Parish	HUNSTON, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Younger Dryas to Late Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full Description

1993: Flint axe, length 13cm, unpatinated. Cutting edge formed by removal of transverse flakes in "tranchet" fashion (S1-S3).

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF50018 Finds Report: Plouviez, J.. 1995. SCCAS Finds Record:. SAU, Martin E, finds report, January 1993, ill.
<S2> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S1) finds report with drawing.
<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 1022.

Finds (1)

FSF14802: TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)

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Record last edited

Aug 17 2020 2:57PM

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