Monument record MNL 039 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age copper or bronze halberd.

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Summary

Copper or bronze (not analysed) halberd.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 6553 7819 (279m by 294m)
Map sheet TL67NE
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Copper or bronze (not analysed) halberd. Four perimeter rivet holes/notches on hilt. Wide, flat, central mid-rib to blade. Severely corroded and bent when found. Now in two pieces, length 37.5 cms. Found by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) in April 1967 after being bent around and removed from a harrow. Straightening by BSEMH resulted in snapped blade (S4).
Type 6 halberd (R1) of Stage III or IV of the Mount Pleasant period, circa C22-C18 BC (R2).
Cited findspot of (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S4).

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <R1> (No record type): O'Riordain S P, `The Halberd in BA Europe'. Archaeologia, 86, 1937, 195- 321.
  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff, 1968, PSIA, 31, 1968, (2), 196.
  • <R2> (No record type): Burgess C B, The Age of Stonehenge, 1980.
  • <S2> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Bronze Age, 1968.
  • <S3> (No record type): CBA, Group 7 Bulletin 15, 1968, 16.
  • <S4> (No record type): Pendleton C F, The Distribution of BA Metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, (2.
  • <S5> (No record type): Edwardson A R, BA Metalwork in Moyses Hall Museum, 1968.

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Aug 19 2013 12:09PM

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