Find Spot record BRD 033 - River Little Ouse; Fenhouse Farm
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 7428 8700 (50m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL78NW |
| Civil Parish | BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
| County | NORFOLK |
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Full Description
LBA sword. Bent (not recently) at an angle of 38 degrees. Hilt incomplete, top half broken off (not recently), two complete & one partial rivet holes survive, with one rivet. Part of ricasso notches. Surviving length 57.5 cms, blade 52 cms long, bent 43 cms from tip. Found (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) with a metal detector `only a few inches deep' on bank of Little Ouse, 4 paces from bank and 33 paces from eastern field boundary. Probably dredged from river. Halstatt C influenced Ewart Park type of C7 BC (S1)(S2)(S3)(S4).
Note further sword to NW - BRD 050, bronze tracer/awl and fragment of sword to S - BRD 007 BA, and bronze ring headed pin & ribbed bracelet to E - BRD 042.
Norfolk HER reference 16018.
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF10864 (No record type): Martin, E.A.. Martin E A, `A LBA sword from Brandon', PSIA. 34. 1980. (4), 281-282, fig 42.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: drawing.
- <S2> SSF15901 (No record type): Pendleton C, The Distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, numb.
- <M2> SSF36775 (No record type): Photographs: AKJ 32-36.
- <S3> SSF2627 (No record type): BSEMH, card 1980-16, 1980.
- <S4> SSF20282 (No record type): SAU, Photographs AKJ 32-36.
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Record last edited
Jan 22 2009 12:04PM