Poorly Located Find Spot record SPT 085 - Bronze Age copper alloy rapier cleared from bed of River Gipping near Sproughton

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Summary

Bronze rapier cleared from bed of River Gipping near Sproughton. Formerly recorded as SPT MISC

Location

Grid reference TM 12 44 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TM14SW
Civil Parish SPROUGHTON, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Bronze rapier, 17.5 inches long, rivet holes, fluted blade section. "Said by Lord Woodbridge to have been found when the Gipping was being cleared near Sproughton - to have come from the bed of the river" (S1).
According to Rowlands from River Orwell (S2).

Formerly recorded as SPT MISC

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 1949-110, 1949.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking. 418, no. 1897, Class 2, Group 2.
  • <S3> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM14SW8, 1950.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:46AM

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