Find Spot record RAT 021 - Upper part of a bronze notch-hilted rapier, surviving length 11.9cm. (BA)

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Summary

Upper part of a bronze notch-hilted rapier, surviving length 11.9cm.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9789 5606 (50m by 50m) Centred on
Map sheet TL95NE
Civil Parish RATTLESDEN, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Upper part of a bronze notch-hilted rapier, surviving length 11.9cm. Domed hilt plate with two large notches, one on either side. Flat midrib to blade. Rowlands' (1976) Class 3. Late Middle Bronze Age/Late Bronze Age (S1). Found (probably metal detected) by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s), reported by Peter Northeast.
See also Med.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> (No record type): SAU (EM), finds report sheet, 1993.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: finds report sheet and sketch.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 27 2009 11:42AM

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