Find Spot record LKH 559 - Iron Age penannular bracelet, Shepherd's Fen
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Summary
`A penannular bronze bracelet, worked up from a cylindrindrical rod of bronze, with blunt expanded terminals, was found in Shepherd's Fen near Mildenhall. Formerly recorded as LKH MISC
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 69 85 (1000m by 1000m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL68NE |
| Civil Parish | LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
`A penannular bronze bracelet, worked up from a cylindrindrical rod of bronze, with blunt expanded terminals, was found in Shepherd's Fen near Mildenhall. It is ornamented at either end with a high conventionalised animal's head ...' (S1).
Listed as penannular rod torc (in error?) by Morna MacGregor (S2). Shepherd's Fen is in Lakenheath parish, S of Joist Fen (note IA & Rom finds) and adjoining the Stallode (note IA & Rom finds).
Formerly recorded as LKH MISC
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF10530 (No record type): Lethbridge, T.C. & O'Reilly, M.M.. Lethbridge T C & O'Reilly M M, `Archaeol Notes', PCAS, 31, 1931, 152, plate 6, fig 1.
- <S2> SSF10665 (No record type): MacGregor, A.. MacGregor M, Early Celtic Art in N Britain, 1976, 113, map 14.
- <S3> SSF3687 Article in serial: Clarke R R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk II.
- <S4> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
Finds (2)
- FSF8329: TORC (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FSF8330: BRACELET (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Oct 4 2021 12:39PM