Find Spot record GSE 017 - Bronze Age socketed axhead

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Summary

Large triple ribbed socketed axe, 12.4cms long.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 530 896 (101m by 100m)
Map sheet	TM58NW
Civil Parish	GISLEHAM, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

Large triple ribbed socketed axe, 12.4 cms long. Probably Sompting form, drawing (by N Hirst) in NWHCM (S1). Found while digging with an excavator on industrial estate, circa 1972.
Also Neo(?) worked flint flake with retouch from same approximate location (S3).

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF12314 (No record type): NWHCM, Suffolk Parish Records, Pakefield, drawing.
<S2> SSF12106 (No record type): Norfolk Archaeol Index primary record card, SFK, May 1983, drawing.
<S3> SSF12106 (No record type): Norfolk Archaeol Index Primary Record Card, SFK, September 1986, drawing.

Finds (2)

FSF10868: SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FSF25364: WORKED OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 18 2014 9:32AM