Monument record ARG 008 - The Poplars, Thorpeness

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Summary

Flint flaked axe.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 473 600 (100m by 100m)
Map sheet	TM46SE
Civil Parish	ALDRINGHAM CUM THORPE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full Description

Flint flaked axe. Small axe 11 cm long x 3.9 cm wide, crude workmanship, cortex still present on one side and on butt end. Triangular section. Found "several year ago" in the garden (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). Axe bears a label with `13/071' (S1)(S2).

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF10672 (No record type): Macrae, F.B.. Macrae F B, letter to EM, 7 August 1980.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: correspondence, 1980; drawing.
<S2> SSF17993 (No record type): SAU (EM), letter to F B Macrae, 12 August 1980.

Finds (1)

FSF5605: FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 2201 BC?)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Interpretation: 'Sensitivity to Access' assessment for Natural England Coastal Access project, February 2016. (ESF23524)

Record last edited

Jan 29 2009 3:39PM