Poorly Located Find Spot record LKH 496 - Findspot of a small Bronze-Age knife or dagger
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Summary
Small knife/dagger with two corner rivet holes, one incomplete and blade and hilt also damaged. 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
Small knife/dagger with two corner rivet holes, one incomplete and blade and hilt also damaged. Length approximately 7.5 cms. Found in Lakenheath in or before 1923.
Possibly flat riveted knife-dagger of late EBA - early MBA (S1)(S2)(S3). Probably same as a bronze `exceptionally small dagger - blade with perforated expanding base' listed in `Additions to Museum, 2 December 1907 (S4).
Formerly recorded as LKH MISC
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF15891 (No record type): Pendleton C, The Distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, numb.
- <S2> SSF6613 (No record type): Fox Sir C, The Archaeol of the Cambridge Region, 1923, 54, plate 6.8.
- <S3> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Lakenheath BA, undated.
- <S4> SSF15560 (No record type): PCAS, 12, 1906-1908, 144.
Finds (4)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:47AM