Monument record MNL 119 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age bronze socketed axe.
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Summary
Bronze large socketed axe with loop.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 6707 7730 (50m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL67NE |
| Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Bronze large socketed axe with loop. Decorated with three parallel ribs with end pellets. Slight invasive corrosion and fibrous encrustations. Length 12.7 cms, collar 4.6 x 4.8 cms, blade 5.7 cms wide. Found by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) on ploughed field surface in 1960's (S1)(S2).
Sompting or Sompting influenced type of `massive' socketed axe, circa C7 BC. Also flint triangular arrowhead reputedly from `same field' found by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S3).
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SSF15678 Unpublished document: Pendleton C F. 1987. Catalogue of finds and findspots,1965-1987, unpublished.
- <S1> SSF15670 (No record type): Pendleton C F, A Catalogue of Prehistoric Metalwork from West Row, 1979, unpublished.
- <M1> SSF38957 (No record type): Photographs: AEL 4-6, 28.
- <S2> SSF15688 (No record type): Pendleton C F, The Distribution of BA Metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985.
- <M2> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: Pendleton C F, Ms 1979, copy.
Finds (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 28 2020 12:53PM