Monument record MNL 054 - Fifty Farm

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Summary

Found by the late Mr Frank Norman in, or before, 1958 on plough soil surface.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 6548 7605 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL67NE
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Found by the late Mr Frank Norman in, or before, 1958 on plough soil surface. Bronze (not analysed) palstave with shield pattern decoration, in good condition, length 14.9 cms (S1).
Class I, group I palstave of the early Middle Bronze Age (S5).

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Pendleton C F. The Distribution of BA Metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA Dissertation, Nottingham 1985.
  • <S2> Article in serial: Smedley, N. and E. J. Owles. 1958. Archaeology in Suffolk 1958.
  • <S3> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card, (map).
  • <S4> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card MBA, 1959.
  • <S5> Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking.
  • <S6> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 10 2020 4:14PM

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