Find Spot record MLI50767 - Bronze Age Axe-Hammer, Waddingham

Summary

A Bronze Age axe-hammer, found in 1911 on land at Waddingham. Exact findspot unknown.

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A Bronze Age axe-hammer was found in 1911 on land at Waddingham, although the exact findspot is unknown. It was donated to Lincoln Museum. Originally thought to be made from basalt, the artefact was thin-sectioned and found to be of sandstone. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Correspondence: BROOKE A. 1911. PARISH FILE. WADDINGHAM. -.
  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. vol.91, p.184.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 99 NE: 6.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. SK 99 NE: O.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LCNCC 1911.484.
  •  Article in Serial: W.A. Cummins and C.N. Moore. 1973. 'Petrological Identification of Stone Implements from Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland' in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. vol.39, p.252, no.299 (LI.243).

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Location

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Civil Parish WADDINGHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Sep 14 2023 3:52PM

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