Monument record MNL 127 - Upper School Playing Fields, Mildenhall, (Mesolithic)

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Summary

Six Mesolithic blade cores found fieldwalking when playing fields for new Upper School being prepared.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7210 7428 (50m by 50m) Centred on
Map sheet TL77SW
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1976: Six Mesolithic blade cores (S1, S2) found fieldwalking when playing fields for new Upper School being prepared. Plot of numbered finds (no details) by Jack King in parish file (S3).

See also Neolithic, Bronze Age, Roman & Saxon records.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Article in serial: Owles, E. J.. 1977. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1976.
  • <S2> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL77SW53.
  • <S3> Cartographic materials: King, J.. 1976. MIHLM (King J), fieldwalking survey record map, 1976. MIHLM (King J), fieldwalking survey record map, 1976.
  • <S3> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S3).
  • <S4> 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 1102.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 27 2020 12:00PM

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