Find Spot record MLI80995 - Socketed axe with loop from Washingborough
Summary
Socketed axe with loop from Washingborough
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
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A socketed axe with a loop and with three pellets (from about TF0571). It is on loan at Louth Museum from City and County Museum (accession no.272.07). {1}
A late Bronze Age socketed celt said to have been dredged from the river Witham and recorded as from Lincoln by the OS. It is a perfect specimen, has a loop and collar moulding round the head and cast below the head are traces of three, small, equidistant, raised dots. {2}{3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI274 Article in Serial: P.J. Davey. 1973. 'Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. page 77 No 139.
- <2> SLI2604 Index: Ordnance Survey. OS card index for Lincoln. LINCOLN. SK 97 SE: 36.
- <3> SLI3134 Index: SMR file cards for Lincoln. LINCOLN. SK 97 SE: no letter.
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Location
Grid reference | Not recorded |
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Civil Parish | WASHINGBOROUGH, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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