Find Spot record RKS 012 - Neolithic and Bronze Age flints, NW of St Mary's Church
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Summary
Neolithic and Bronze Age worked flints found on field NW of St Mary's Church by Basil Brown, further flints and scatter medieval pottery sherds found in 1992 fieldwalking.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0397 7468 (133m by 128m) Centred on |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM07SW |
| Civil Parish | RICKINGHALL SUPERIOR, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Neolithic and Bronze Age worked flints found on field NW of St Mary's Church by Basil Brown (S1)(R1).
1992: Fieldwalking adjacent to the parish church identified a few flint flakes and burnt flints, also one possible Thetford type ware sherd (Late Saxon), and a light scatter of Medieval pottery sherds (S3).
1995: excavation revealed no archaeological features with a number of unstratified finds, comprising worked flints and burnt flints were recovered but undiagnostic (S5).
Sources/Archives (6)
- <R1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM07SW25.
- <S1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, map 24.
- <M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: map.
- <S2> SSF50036 Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. Various. SAU, Boulter S, SCCAS Report 95/37.
- <S3> SSF19682 Unpublished document: Newman, J.. 1992. A143 Rickinghall and Botesdale Bypass Preferred Route - Initial Archaeological Assessment.
- <S4> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
Finds (4)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Nov 22 2022 4:08PM