Find Spot record MLI98131 - A Bronze Age low-flanged axe found in Caythorpe

Summary

A Bronze Age low-flanged axe found in Caythorpe (unlocated find)

Type and Period (1)

  • (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A low-flanged bronze axehead of early Bronze Age date found in 1899 at an ironstone quarry. The findspot is uncertain but is approximately SK9348. The object is in Nottingham Castle Museum. {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1935. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 2' in the Archaeological Journal. p.163.
  •  Article in Serial: P.J. Davey. 1973. 'Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. vol.104, p.58, Fig.3.15.
  •  Artefact: Nottingham Castle Museum Collection. Accn no.99.71.

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Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Civil Parish CAYTHORPE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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