Find Spot record MLI41999 - A Bronze Age socketed axehead, Willoughby with Sloothby

Summary

A Bronze Age socketed axehead found near Bonthorpe in Willoughby with Sloothby parish

Type and Period (1)

  • (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A Bronze Age faceted socketed axehead in very good condition found encased in soft stone deposit in a sugar beet field in about 1959 near Bonthorpe in Willoughby with Sloothby parish. {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. WILLOUGHBY WITH SLOOTHBY. TF 47 SE V -.
  •  Index: 1964. EAST MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN. no.7, p.8.
  •  Article in Serial: P.J. Davey. 1973. 'Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. vol.104, p.77, Fig.14.153.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 4804 7260 (point)
Civil Parish WILLOUGHBY WITH SLOOTHBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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