Poorly Located Find Spot record MNL 1039 - Beck Row General, Mildenhall, (Mesolithic)

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Summary

Beck Row artefacts in the British Museum and Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Location

Grid reference TL 72 75 (point)
Map sheet TL77NW
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK
Civil Parish Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill, Forest Heath, Suffolk

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Pre 1977: Beck Row artefacts in British Museum: pebble mace-head with hour-glass perforation; one tranchet axe (up to 10cms long); 6 tranchet axes (10-20 cms long); 2 picks (up to 10 cms long)(S1).

Tranchet Axe, in Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:

Unspecified item in Luton Museum

Tranchet Axe also report by Colin Pendleton.

Formerly recorded as MNL MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 261.
  • <S2> Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11322, 11318, 11319, 77, 11323, 11299, 11321.
  • <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 117.

Finds (4)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 16 2020 3:32PM

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