Poorly Located Find Spot record IKL 275 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age basal looped and pegged spearhead
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TL 78 74 (point) Poorly located |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL77SE |
| Civil Parish | ICKLINGHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Basal looped and pegged spearhead with oval section mid rib. Damaged perforated `loops' in base of blade. Peg holes diagonally crossed with incised `decoration'. Oval socket. Length 37.6 cms, weight 411.05 gms (S1). Found at `Icklingham' in or before 1848 when presented to Suffolk Institute of Archaeology by Mr Bailey (S2).
Pegholes are unusual in a basal looped spearhead and other unusual features such as the diagonal incisions at the peg holes & the oval section indicate possible C19 forgery (S1)(S3).
Probably same as "Bronze-Age spear-head ... in Bury St Edmunds Museum" (S5).
Formerly recorded as IKL MISC
Sources/Archives (7)
- <S1> SSF15732 (No record type): Pendleton C, `The distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk', BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, nu.
- <S2> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 1, 1851, (5), 219.
- <S3> SSF17816 Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking. no. 1587.
- <S4> SSF2771 (No record type): BSEMH, catalogue, 1903.
- <S5> SSF54455 Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 276.
- <S6> SSF5640 (No record type): Edwardson A R, BA Metalwork in Moyses Hall Museum, 1968.
- <S7> SSF16644 (No record type): Proc Soc Antiq, 5, 432.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:35AM