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Find Spot record BCC 088 - Cromwell Avenue, Beccles, (Mesolithic).

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Summary

Chipped axe in brown flint, probably mesolithic tranchet axe.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 4218 8924 (181m by 188m)
Map sheet	TM48NW
Civil Parish	BECCLES, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)

Full Description

1974: Found in market garden on ploughed surface. Chipped axe in brown flint, probably tranchet axe, Mesolithic, (S1, S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF55793 Unpublished document: ?. 1974. Chipped mesolithic tranchet axe found in Beccles.
<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 886.

Finds (1)

FSF38880: TRANCHET AXEHEAD? (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related to: REVOKED, Duplicate of BCC 088 (Revoked Record) (BCC 111)

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Record last edited

Sep 17 2020 11:22AM

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