Poorly Located Find Spot record MNL 888 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age flanged axe

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Summary

Flanged axe with slightly recurved crescentric cutting edge. Formerly recorded as MNL MISC

Location

Grid reference	TL 67 78 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet	TL67NE
Civil Parish	MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

Flanged axe with slightly recurved crescentric cutting edge. Length 9.5 cms, weight 152 gms. Arreton tradition of LEBA form. Analysed by BM in May 1983, no details. Formerly Fenton Collection, `Found near Mildenhall', purchased by IPSMG, 1903 (S1)(S2)(S3).

Formerly recorded as MNL MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Mildenhall 1920-51.5.
<S2> SSF15907 (No record type): Pendleton C, The Distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, numb.
<S3> SSF11643 (No record type): National Bronze Implements Catalogue, BM, (ill).

Finds (1)

FSF3496: FLANGED AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:47AM