Monument record WPT 003 - Woolpit Bridge

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Summary

Bronze sword, twenty one and a half inches long with seven rivet holes and hiltmark.

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Grid reference Centred TL 9662 6309 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL96SE
Civil Parish WOOLPIT, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Bronze sword, twenty one and a half inches long with seven rivet holes (S1)(R1). A hilt mark survives.
In 1886 was in Norwich Museum (presented by Sir R Beevor). Now in Moyses Hall Museum.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Pendleton C. 1993. Aspects of BA Metalwork in North East Anglia. Pendleton C, PhD Thesis, Aspects of BA Metalwork in NE Anglia, Nottingham 1993.
  • <R1> (No record type): Evans J, Bronze Implements, 281-282.

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2003 3:47AM

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