Monument record BLX 008 - Langham Bridge

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Summary

Late Bronze Age leaf-shaped spearhead with a peg-hole.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3744 5810 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM35NE
Civil Parish BLAXHALL, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Late Bronze Age leaf-shaped spearhead with a peg-hole. It appears to be a partial casting failure - on one side the casing of the socket is missing for all but a few millimetres of its length. The socket is also broken off at the peg-hole. The surviving length is 14.1cm. It was found in material dredged from the River Alde, near Langham Bridge, and when found it still had a fragment of the wooden shaft and retaining peg in place (these however appear not to have survived)(S1).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: drawing.
  • <S1> (No record type): Goldsmith R per J Newman, Ipswich..

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 22 1989 12:00AM

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