Poorly Located Find Spot record IKL 274 - Two Bronze Age flat axes
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Summary
Two Bronze Age flat axes, see details. 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)
Full Description
Copper (S3)(R1)(S6), broad, thin butted flat axe with bevelled sides. Length 10.0 cms, weight 287.95 gms. Also large bronze (S3)(R4) flat axe with slight flanges and thin, narrow rounded butt with one corner broken. Length 19.3 cms, weight 671.2 gms. Both found on `Site of British Village' - ? may relate to Rom settlement - IKL 20 & 93, Mitchells Hill - IKL 26, or Bernersfield Farm barrows? Both formerly Prigg, then Sir John Evans collections (S1)(S2)(S3)(R1)(S6)(R3)R4).
Note not mentioned in Prigg S, Icklingham Papers (S4)!
Formerly recorded as IKL MISC
Sources/Archives (9)
- <S1> SSF11646 (No record type): National Bronze Implements Catalogue, BM, Ms, ill.
- <R1> SSF4210 (No record type): Crawford O G S, Geog Jour, 40, 1912, 309, table 1, 25.
- <S2> SSF15383 (No record type): OXFAS, card 1927.2366 & 2367.
- <S3> SSF15736 (No record type): Pendleton C, `The distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk', BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, nu.
- <R3> SSF6563 (No record type): Fox C, Archaeol of the Cambridge Region, 1923, 63.
- <R4> SSF1586 (No record type): Britton D, PPS, 29, 1963, 298, table 6.6.
- <S4> SSF16574 Monograph: Prigg, H.. 1901. Icklingham Papers. Prigg H, Icklingham Papers, 1905.
- <S5> SSF11814 (No record type): Needham S P, 1983, The EBA Axeheads of Central & Southern England, unpub PhD Thesis, Cardiff, 39-341.
- <S6> SSF3823 (No record type): Coghlan H H & Case H, Proc Preh Soc, 23, 1957, 108-109, table 1.4.
Finds (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:35AM