Poorly Located Find Spot record LKH 492 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age looped palstave with trident pattern decoration

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Summary

Looped palstave with trident pattern decoration (described as shield decoration in (S2)). Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 7 8 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TL78SW
Civil Parish LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Looped palstave with trident pattern decoration (described as shield decoration in (S2)). Poor condition, badly corroded. Length 14.9 cms, weight 364 gms. Found at `Lakenheath' in 1878. Late MBA to LBA form. Formerly Beloe collection, NWHCM 21.22.08 no. 244 (S1)(S2). Also recorded in (S3-S6).

Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <S1> (No record type): Pendleton C, The Distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, numb.
  • <S2> (No record type): Cheetham F W, BA Metalwork in Norwich Castle Museum, 2nd ed, 1977, 21.
  • <S3> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL78SW53.
  • <S4> (No record type): Edwardson A R, BA Metalwork in Moyses Hall Museum, 1968.
  • <S5> Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 276.
  • <S6> Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking. number 938.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:47AM

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