Find Spot record MNN155158 - Unstratified Iron Age axe, Preston Capes
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Summary
The discovery, by metal detecting, of the first Sompting Type axe from the county.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
{1} Very worn cast copper alloy Sompting Type socketed axe dating from the Earliest Iron Age, i.e. c. 800-600BC.
Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
{2} The discovery, by metal detecting, of the first Sompting Type axe from Northamptonshire fills a gap in knowledge of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age transition in the county, as both metalwork finds and settlements of this date are few in number. The Sompting type axe is a copper alloy, socketed side-looped axe, distinguished by the presence of elaborate decoration in the form of
pellets-in-circlets linked by ribs, and dated to c 800-600BC.
<1> Portable Antiquities Database, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN102227.
<2> Boughton, D. & Cassidy, J., 2012, An Early Iron Age Sompting Type Axe From Preston Capes, (unchecked) (Article). SNN108364.
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Location
Grid reference | SP 57 54 (point) |
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Civil Parish | PRESTON CAPES, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Nov 19 2020 11:48AM