Monument record IXT 008 - Opposite All Saints Church, Ixworth Thorpe, (Mesolithic)

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Summary

Flint tranchet axe found in road widening at a depth of 4 feet opposite All Saints Church.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9183 7248 (100m by 100m) Centred on
Map sheet TL97SW
Civil Parish IXWORTH THORPE, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

1959: Flint tranchet axe found in road widening at a depth of 4 feet opposite All Saints Church. Basil Brown's sketch map on index card gives exact find spot and there are two sketches of the axe. He was given the axe which he then gave to Moyes Hall Museum (S1).

This find may be the same as IXT 045

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XII, 107, 108 ; LX, 9, 10; card index 201.
  • <S1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive : volumes, card index.
  • <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 1037, M1038.
  • <S3> Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11270.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2020 10:41AM

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