Poorly Located Find Spot record MNL 894 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age flat axehead

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Summary

From Mildenhall (area). 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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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

From Mildenhall (area). Copper or bronze flat axe with thin butt, relatively straight, blade edge widely splayed from narrow butt. Concave sided. Brown patina with green `crust' (oxidization). Weight 523 gms. Thickness 2.8 cms, width 9.2 cms, length 16 cms. Formerly Prigg then Sir John Evans collection (S1)(S2)(S3).

Formerly recorded as MNL MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF15912 (No record type): Pendleton C, The Distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, numb.
<S2> SSF15382 (No record type): OXFAS, card 1927.2360.
<S3> SSF11643 (No record type): National Bronze Implements Catalogue, BM, (ill).

Finds (1)

FSF3599: FLAT AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:47AM