Monument record BRD 047 - Bronze-Age artefact scatter of a plain bronze chisel/ leather working tool, two tracer/awls and coins (BA)
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 772 865 (51m by 50m) Approximate |
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Map sheet | TL78NE |
Civil Parish | BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
1993: Small, flat, plain bronze chisel/leather working tool, 5.2cms long, 1.6cms broad at cutting edge with surface pocked by invasive corrosion. Metal detected (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). Probably later bronze age.
1993: Small chisel ended tracer/awl, 4.4cms long, slight damage to both ends. Rectangular chisel ended section. Bevelled, octagonal sectioned awl end. Metal detected from same general area as above, also by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)?
1993: Larger tracer/awl also from this location, same history - not seen yet, details to follow. Both awls are possibly BA although Rom and Sax find (see Sax) are also located in the same area (S1).
1992: Six Roman coins found dated to: Septimius Severus (193-211), Licinius (314-15), Constantine I (330-5), Constantine II (?), HoC (350-60), Irregular coin (354-64) (S2).
Sources/Archives (3)
- <S1> SSF10278 (No record type): King, J.. King John, per SAU (Pendleton C), October 1993, 2 photos.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy of photos; drawing (chisel).
- <S2> SSF61544 Finds Report: Davies, J.A.. 1992. Six Roman coins found at Brandon.
Finds (3)
- FSF18898: CHISEL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF18899: AWL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FSF55088: COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 4 2023 9:40AM