Bronze Age bronze ingot and palstave, late prehistoric pottery sherds (EHER 47344)

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Fieldwalking and metal detecting located two late Bronze Age artefacts, a fragment of a socketed palstave axe and a fragment of a bronze ingot. A small amount (some 5% of the collected assemblage) of pottery was dated to the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age.

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Grid reference Centred TL 46 27 (212m by 177m)
Civil Parish MANUDEN, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

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2008-2010. Metal detecting survey. Fieldwalking and metal detecting at 'Woollens', a field in Manuden parish, located two artefacts belonging to the late Bronze Age. The first is a fragment of a socketed palstave axe (SW-A013). The second is a fragment of bronze ingot (SW-A015). A small amount (some 5% of the collected assemblage) of pottery was dated to the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age. <1> - <3>

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  • <1> Field Survey Report: Gibson, R.. 2010. Detecting Survey at Saucemeres Report 2010.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Saffron Walden Museum. 2010. Prehistoric and Romano-British Pottery from two sites in Manuden.
  • <3> RECORD SHEET/FORM: Gibson, R.. 2010. EHER Summary Sheet.

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