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Poorly Located Find Spot record MNL 868 - Mildenhall General, (Post Glacial Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Items in the Manchester Museum)

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Summary

Mesolithic artefacts from Mildenhall (area) in Manchester Museum: one tranchet axe, 4 blades/flakes. Formerly recorded as MNL MISC

Location

Grid reference	TL 72 75 (point)
Map sheet	TL77NW
Civil Parish	MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FLINT SCATTER? (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) to Late Mesolithic - 9700 BC? to 4000 BC?)

Full Description

Pre 1977: Mesolithic artefacts from Mildenhall (area) in Manchester Museum: one tranchet axe; 4 blades/flakes (S1).

Formerly recorded as MNL MISC

Sources/Archives (1)

<S1> SSF23378 Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 261.

Finds (4)

FSF3349: TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF3350: BLADE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC? to 4000 BC?)
FSF50897: FLAKE (Mesolithic - 9000 BC to 4000 BC)
FSF51544: LONG BLADE (Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 9700 BC to 9400 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2020 11:14AM

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