Poorly Located Find Spot record IKL 272 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age socketed leather- working knife

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Summary

Socketed leather-working knife (formerly recorded as chisel). Formerly recorded as IKL MISC

Location

Grid reference	TL 78 74 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet	TL77SE
Civil Parish	ICKLINGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

Socketed leather-working knife (formerly recorded as chisel). Rectangular sectioned socket, badly broken, widely splayed blade, severely worn. Length 5.5 cms, blade width 3.4 cms, weight 16.25 gms. Found at `Icklingham' in 1877. Formerly part of the Evans collection (S1)(S2)(S3).

Formerly recorded as IKL MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF11646 (No record type): National Bronze Implements Catalogue, BM, Ms, ill.
<S2> SSF15385 (No record type): OXFAS, card 1927.2383.
<S3> SSF15733 (No record type): Pendleton C, `The distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk', BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, nu.

Finds (2)

FSF5969: CHISEL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF5970: KNIFE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:35AM