Monument record MNL 122 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age bronze palstave.

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Summary

Bronze palstave with shield pattern decoration.

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Grid reference Centred TL 6455 7779 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL67NW
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Bronze palstave with shield pattern decoration. Badly corroded. Length 16.8 cms. Found by Mr Peter Pitt in 1947 on plough soil surface (S1)(S2).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> (No record type): Pendleton C F, A Catalogue of the Prehistoric Metalwork from West Row, 1979, Mss, unpublished, (ill).
  • <M1> (No record type): Photographs: AEL 14-16, 35.
  • <S2> (No record type): Pendleton C F, The Distribution of BA Metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, nu.
  • <M2> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: Copy (S1). Drawing stolen in Autumn 1981..

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Aug 19 2013 1:25PM

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