Find Spot record LKH 562 - Stanch near `Green Dragon'

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Summary

Palstave with shield pattern decoration, length approximately 15. Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 6769 8578 (point) Approximate
Map sheet TL68NE
Civil Parish LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK
County NORFOLK

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Full Description

Palstave with shield pattern decoration, length approximately 15.9cms. Early MBA. Found in 1953 (S1,S2).
Both the Stanch and the Green Dragon (PH) have now gone. A Stanch for the Little Ouse was visible on OS 1:10560 map of circa 1957, although the 1974 1:50000 map (& earlier editions?) marks a Stanch for the Twelve Foot Drain nearby

(Norfolk HER number 5369.)

Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Pendleton C F. The Distribution of BA Metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA Dissertation, Nottingham 1985.
  • <S2> Index: Norfolk Archaeological Service. Norfolk SMR, 5369. Norfolk SMR, 5369.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: 1966. Bronze Age Metalwork in Norwich Castle Museum.
  • <S4> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 17 2020 1:34PM

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