Monument record RGH 018 - Small trapezoidal edge-polished flint axe.
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 8999 6451 (50m by 50m) |
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Map sheet | TL86SE |
Civil Parish | RUSHBROOKE WITH ROUGHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Small trapezoidal edge-polished flint axe. Length 9.9cm, blade 4.3cm wide, butt 2.5cm wide and 2cm thick; ground facets on sides, cutting edge has been reflaked; pale grey flint with a darker blade area.
Found by Ronald Stamp when a boy in a deep pit in the meadow S of Battlies Farm Barns (S1)
Sources/Archives (3)
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file : note by Baker E G, drawing.
- <S1> SSF958 (No record type): Baker E G, 1984.
- <S2> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeology in Suffolk 1984, PSIA, 36, 1985, (1), 45.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Dec 6 1984 12:00AM