Monument record MNL 059 - Hayland Drove

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Summary

Bronze chisel and bronze knife, not associated.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 6545 7728 (51m by 50m)
Map sheet TL67NE
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Bronze chisel and bronze knife, not associated.
Bronze flat tanged chisel with rectangular section. Some damage (mostly recent) to tang. Length 10.1 cms. Found in or before 1965 (S4). Approximate findspot recorded as (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)
Bronze tanged knife with single rivet. Oval ended tang widens to blade edge above side notches. Oval blade tip. Blade edge slightly damaged. Length 13.2 cms. Found by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)
Single rivet knives are dated to the late MBA and to the LBA (S4).

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <R1> Cartographic materials: MIHLM. 6 inch record map. MIHLM, 6 inch record map.
  • <S1> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card LBA, 1965.
  • <S2> (No record type): Edwardson A R, BA Metalwork in Moyses Hall Museum, 1968, (ill).
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking. number 1128, (ill).
  • <S4> (No record type): Pendleton C F, The Distribution of BA Metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, nu.
  • <S5> (No record type): BSEMH, Day Book, 1965.
  • <S6> (No record type): MIHLM, card SF.B.13.
  • <S7> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL67NE9.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 6 2009 10:49AM

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