Monument record STN 203 - Late Bronze Age socketed axes

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Summary

Late Bronze Age socketed axes (hoard?) from Stanton Downham. Formerly recorded as STN MISC

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 82 86 (1000m by 1000m)
Map sheet	TL88NW
Civil Parish	SANTON DOWNHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Full Description

Late Bronze Age socketed axes (hoard?) from Santon Downham listed in (R1), though Needham makes it clear no evidence of genuine hoard (two of the axes in Ipswich museum were falsely provinenced) (see SF13192).

Formerly recorded as STN MISC

Sources/Archives (2)

<R1> SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Needham, S., 'The Bulford-Helsbury Manufacturing Tradition, London, 1981, 61 (Number 68)..
<S1> SSF50153 Bibliographic reference: Email. Needham S (BM), email to CP, 26/11/2004.

Finds (1)

FSF30509: SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:37AM