Poorly Located Find Spot record MNL 991 - Bronze Age flat axe, Mildenhall Fen
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Summary
Copper or bronze flat axe with thin butt. Formerly recorded as MNL MISC
Location
| Grid reference | TL 67 78 (point) Poorly located |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL67NE |
| Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Copper or bronze flat axe with thin butt. Narrow butt with concave sides flaring to splayed crescentric blade edge. `Longitudinal graining almost obliterated' (S1). Butt damaged, dirty brown patina, 15.4 cms long. Part of J Warren collection sold to Sir J Evans in 1866 (S2)(S3)(S4). Found in Mildenhall Fen (S5).
Findspot incorrectly recorded as `Mildenhall' (S4)(S3) and Eriswell (see ERL Misc - CRN 07960)(S6).
Formerly recorded as MNL MISC
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF6086 (No record type): Evans J, The Ancient bronze implements, weapons & ornaments of GB & Ireland, 1881, 46.
- <S2> SSF15920 (No record type): Pendleton C, The Distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, numb.
- <S3> SSF11648 (No record type): National Bronze Implements Catalogue, BM. (ill).
- <S4> SSF15370 (No record type): OXFAS, card 1927-2361.
- <S5> SSF22815 (No record type): Warren J, Journal Mss, circa 1866, 251.
- <S6> SSF11150 (No record type): Megaw, B.R.S. & Hardy, E.M. Megan & Hardy, PPS, 4, 1938, 272-307.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:47AM