Monument record WCB 015 - Items found within 20 feet of each other, with a metal detector, possibly part of a dispersed LBA hoard

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Summary

Items found within 20 feet of each other, with a metal detector, possibly part of a dispersed LBA hoard

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1254 6889 (50m by 50m) Centred on
Map sheet TM16NW
Civil Parish WETHERINGSETT-CUM-BROCKFORD, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Items found within 20 feet of each other, with a metal detector, possibly part of a dispersed hoard :
a) blade half of a socketed axe (? broken since deposition)
b) 2 fragments possibly from another socketed axe
c) socket and remains of the blade and side loops of a bronze arrowhead, resembling the form of MBA spearheads. Surviving fragment is 48mm long, the socket being 10mm in diameter
d) mouth fragment of a bronze cylinder, 24mm diameter, with a prominent moulding on one side of the cylinder. Possibly not BA
e) flat piece of bronze, possibly part of a blade
f) piece of bronze header waste. (S1)(S2).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: drawings of a) and c).
  • <S1> (No record type): Gooch R (IMDC), per SAU Ipswich (Newman J), 1986.
  • <S2> (No record type): SAU, photographs, BGY 29-37.
  • <M2> (No record type): Photographs: BGY 29-37.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 14 2008 2:18PM

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