Monument record LVT 016 - Red House Farm

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Summary

LBA founders hoard, ploughed up in 1961 comprising `socketed axes, fragments of palstaves and swords (including `carp's tongue'), a chape, harness ornament and finger-rings' (S1)(S2)(R1).

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Grid reference	Centred TM 2395 3956 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet	TM23NW
Civil Parish	LEVINGTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

LBA founders hoard, ploughed up in 1961 comprising `socketed axes, fragments of palstaves and swords (including `carp's tongue'), a chape, harness ornament and finger-rings' (S1)(S2)(R1). Found near to possible double ditched circular enclosure, LVT 012.
Finds include type IV barbed spearhead; other spearheads; Ewart Park sword/s; South-eastern, wing decorated, pellet decorated, wing-pellet, faceted, bag- faceted & ribbed socketed axes; winged axe/s; socketed knife/knives; tanged chisel/s; socketed chisel/s; gouge/s; a socketed axe mould fragment; bugle shaped object/s and other items (S3). Includes socketed axe & sword fragments with irregular punched tracer/awl marks (S4).

Sources/Archives (6)

<S1> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM23NW13.
<R1> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 961-103, 1961.
<S2> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff 1961, PSIA, 29, 1961, (1), 98.
<S3> SSF4033 (No record type): Coombs D, `Type IV barbed spearheads of the British LBA - Additions', Archaeol J, 131, 1974, 264-7.
<S4> SSF15721 (No record type): Pendleton C, `Aspects of BA metalwork in Northern E Anglia', PhD thesis, Nottingham, 1993, 175.
<S5> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (11)

FSF14041: HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14042: SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14043: SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14045: HARNESS (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14046: SCABBARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14047: SPEARHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14048: WINGED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14049: KNIFE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14050: CHISEL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14051: GOUGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF14052: MOULD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 29 2021 11:45AM