Poorly Located Find Spot record LWT 372 - Findspot of a small Bronze-Age bag shaped socketed axe

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Summary

Small bag-shaped socketed axe, 42mm long x 38mm wide, resembling Irish type. Formerly recorded as LWT MISC

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 53 93 (10000m by 10000m) Poorly located
Map sheet TM59SW
Civil Parish LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Small bag-shaped socketed axe, 42mm long x 38mm wide, resembling the Irish type of the Dowris phase of the Late Bronze Age in Ireland. Found "somewhere near Lowestoft" by Mr Lanham in the 1940s when he was at school in that area (S1).

Formerly recorded as LWT MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> (No record type): Typescript report by Anne P Cookson, Assistant Archaeological Survey Officer, Leicestershire Museums.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file : typescript report, drawing and colour slide.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff 1984,PSIA, 36, 1985, (1), 45.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:35AM

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