Monument record MNL 118 - Findspot of a Bronze-Age bronze side looped spearhead.

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Summary

Bronze (not analysed) small side looped spearhead.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 6558 7617 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL67NE
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Bronze (not analysed) small side looped spearhead. Round sectioned black mid-rib. Hammer marks on blade between mid-rib and bevels. Tip extremely worn and relatively thick and blunt. One loop is cracked. Length 12.2 cms, width 3.4 cms (S1).
Found by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) in 1970 on ploughsoil surface (S1).
Group I side looped spearhead of the MBA (S2).
Cited map reference, (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s).

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <R1> (No record type): Pendleton C F, `A Catalogue of Prehistoric Metalwork from West Row', 1979, unpublished.
  • <S1> (No record type): Pendleton C F, The Distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham 1985..
  • <M1> (No record type): Photograph: AEL 1-3, 36.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking.
  • <R2> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeol in Suff 1970, PSIA, 32, 1970, (1).
  • <S3> (No record type): Gipp S, 1985.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Sep 11 2023 2:51PM

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