Find Spot record LKH 560 - Bronze Age sword, Little Ouse river

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Leaf shaped sword `dredged up some months ago from the Little Ouse about three miles from Wilton' (Hockwold cum Wilton)(S1). Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

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Grid reference Centred TL 60 86 (1000m by 1000m)
Map sheet TL68NW
Civil Parish LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK
County NORFOLK

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Leaf shaped sword `dredged up some months ago from the Little Ouse about three miles from Wilton' (Hockwold cum Wilton)(S1). Findspot should approximate to TL 6900 8620.
Ewart Park sword with blade with slight mid-rib and edge bevels and ricasso notches. Straight shoulders, short tang slot. Length 56.3cms. Found 1929, presented to Cambridge University Museum by Ouse Drainage Board (S2).

Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> (No record type): Lethbridge, T.C. & O'Reilly, M.M.. Lethbridge T C & O'Reilly M M, `Archaeol Notes', PCAS, 31, 1931, 151, pl. 3, fig 1.
  • <S2> (No record type): Pendleton C, `Distribution of BA Metalwork in NW Suff', BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, no. 216, .

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May 21 2020 8:35AM

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