Find Spot record STT 028 - South of Cliff House, Shottisham, (Mesolithc)

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Summary

Flaked flint axe, roughly made, 165mm long by 70mm wide by 29mm thick (at butt).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3188 4434 (109m by 98m) Approximate
Map sheet TM34SW
Civil Parish SHOTTISHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

1998: Flaked flint axe, roughly made. 165mm x 70mm x 29mm (at butt); weight 463gm. Dark grey flint, some cortex still remaining, slight patination on one side. Blade damaged by large flake detached at the centre, but could have been tranched type. Sketch in file (S1).

See also Neolithic record.

Note: Two undated ring ditch cropmarks in same field - STT 020 & 021.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Finds Report: Martin E. 1998. SAU, Martin E, finds report, 29 Jan 98, ill.
  • <S2> 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 1159.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 10 2020 2:31PM

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