Monument record WNG 008 - Wangford Warren; Lakenheath Airfield
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Summary
Bronze socketed axe with skeumorphic representation of a hafted and bound flanged axe.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 7548 8299 (50m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL78SE |
| Civil Parish | WANGFORD, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Bronze socketed axe with skeumorphic representation of a hafted and bound flanged axe. Slight expansion of cutting edge. Length 9.3cm. Of N European affinity where best parallels suggest origin in Reineeke A2, circa 1250-1500 BC (S1)(R1)(R2).
Suggestion of manufacture under the Arreton tradition (S2) refuted by Needham (R2), although a relationship is still accepted (S1).
Found by Mr E G Beckett (deceased) circa 1930 on 'stony patch' (S1). Map reference from (S3) and (S4).
Possibly false findspot - see discussion in (S6).
Sources/Archives (8)
- --- SSF50094 Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Pendleton C F, Bronze Age Metalwork in Northern East Anglia, BAR, 279, 1999, 12 ,ill.
- <R1> SSF1467 (No record type): Briscoe G, Antiq J, 34, 1954, 77, (ill).
- <S1> SSF15710 (No record type): Pendleton C F, The distribution of BA Metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, nu.
- <R2> SSF11835 (No record type): Needham S, The Origins of Metallurgy in Atlantic Europe, 1978, 265-293.
- <S2> SSF6829 (No record type): Gerloff S, Prehistorische Bronzefunde, 1975, plate 56.
- <S4> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL78SE7.
- <S5> SSF11827 (No record type): Needham S P, The EBA Axeheads of Central & Southern England, upub PhD thesis, Cardiff, 1983, 359-360.
- <S6> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 2 2021 1:11PM