Poorly Located Find Spot record LKH 485 - Bronze Age basal looped spearhead, Lakenheath Fen (BA)
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Summary
Large basal looped spearhead from `Lakenheath Fen' found in 1853.
Location
| Grid reference | TL 7 8 (point) Poorly located |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL78SW |
| Civil Parish | LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
Large basal looped spearhead from `Lakenheath Fen' found in 1853. Lozenge shaped mid-rib with concave keeling to blade edge bevel. Rib decorated with four longitudinal ribs. Lozenge shaped loop plates. Tip missing. Length 42.8 cms. Late MBA form. Formerly Warren, then Sir John Evans collection (S1). Listed incorrectly as OXFAS 1927-2500 by Rowlands (S2). Also recorded in (S3-S7).
Metal analysed by Brown & Blin-Stoyle (S8)(S9).
Sources/Archives (9)
- <S1> SSF15867 (No record type): Pendleton C, The distribution of BA metalwork in NW Suffolk BA dissertation, Nottingham 1985, number.
- <S2> SSF17816 Bibliographic reference: Rowlands M J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking. number 1589.
- <S3> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card Lakenheath BA, undated.
- <S4> SSF22840 (No record type): Warren J, The Warren Journal, 1866, Ms, OXFAS.
- <S5> SSF6085 (No record type): Evans J, The Ancient Bronze implements, weapons & ornaments of GB & Ireland, 1881, 330, fig 409.
- <S6> SSF54455 Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 276.
- <S7> SSF6582 (No record type): Fox C, The Archaeol of the Cambridge Region, 1923.
- <S8> SSF2422 (No record type): Brown M A & Blin-Stoyle A E, PPS, 25, 1959, 202.
- <S9> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL78SW53.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:47AM