Monument record BNC 015 - Benacre beach (BA)

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Summary

Broad butted bronze flat axe, found with metal detector, about 6 inches deep in beach shingle.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 537 843 (100m by 100m) Approximate
Map sheet	TM58SW
Civil Parish	BENACRE, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

Broad butted bronze flat axe, found with metal detector, about 6 inches deep in beach shingle. Not very rolled. Retained by finder (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). Information from A Gregory NAU.
Note area of cited NGR in sea in 1837, so presumably redeposited (S2).
Also Also IA & Med.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff 1982, PSIA, 35, 1983, (3), 229.
<S2> SSF12824 (No record type): OS, 1st ed 1 inch map, circa 1837.

Finds (1)

FSF15310: FLAT AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Interpretation: 'Sensitivity to Access' assessment for Natural England Coastal Access project, February 2016. (ESF23524)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2009 2:15PM