Find Spot record 1208/0/0 - Unstratified Bronze Age Axe Hammer Find

Findspots of BA axe hammer, IA & Ro pottery

{1} FINDS; PRE 1969; HALF OF BA PERFORATED STONE AXE HAMMER; INSPOIL HEAP FORMED BY DREDGING OF BRADLEM POOL (1);,

{2} BRONZE AGE PERFORATED STONE BATTLE AXE OF GROUP XIV (2);
Iron Age and Roman settlement (SP 763433) in the E of the village, on limestone at 80 m. above OD. Sherds of late Iron Age and 1st century Roman pottery were revealed during building work on this site.

{3} Prehistoric flint and stone implements gathered along the N side of Wakefield estate (Wakefield Lodge SP 7342) are in the possession of Mr Munden of Gullet Farm.

{4} Finds made by Mr Munden and in his possession include half of a BA perforated stone axe hammer and RB pottery.
The fragment of axe hammer was found at SP 73324426 in a spoil heap formed by the dredging of Bradlem Pool.
The RB pottery has been found over the years from the Ro villa site, SP 74 SW 2.

{5} (SP 73504432). Butt end of a stone battle axe found in 1946 an earth dug from a stream just east of Bradlem Pond on the boundary of Pottersbury and Yardley Gobion parishes. Donated to Northampton Museum.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP74SW7 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.118 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> 1961, Wolverton and District Archaeological Newsletter, 6/2 (Newsletter). SNN16440.

<4> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, 22/Oct (Note). SNN111452.

<5> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, p. 166 (Article). SNN56490.

<6> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1966, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies (Prehistoric) (Article). SNN19308.

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Feb 20 2024 3:17PM