Monument record MNL 140 - Gravel Drove, West Row.
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 6639 7516 (51m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL67NE |
| Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Tip of bronze basal looped spearhead. Old break. Lozenge sectioned blade mid-rib with concave keeling to blade edge bevel. Length 7.9 cms (S1). Rowlands group II basal looped spearhead of late MBA (S2). Found by (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) in November 1978 with a metal detector at base of ploughsoil. Spearhead impression reputed to have been preserved in top of underlying peat (?subsoil)(S1).
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Found in same field as rapier and dirk, MNL 086 and other MBA metalwork finds, pottery, worked flint and animal bones.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF15905 (No record type): Pendleton C, The Distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk, BA dissertation, Nottingham, 1985, numb.
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: drawing copy.
- <S2> SSF17816 Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking. 49-63.
- <S3> SSF2762 (No record type): BSEMH, card West Row, December 1978.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Feb 6 2009 12:00PM