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Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)

Summary

In 1972 a digger driver found, on the site of the new plant at the Cement Works, 18 pieces of late Bronze Age metalwork: 16 socketed and looped axes, a socketed knife and a fragment of ingot weighting about 470g.

Additional Information

<1> Burgess, C; Coombs, DG (eds), 1979, Bronze Age Hoards (BAR 67), p121-4 (Monograph). SLE5992.

16 socketed and looped axes, a socketed knife of Thorndon type and a fragment of ingot weighing about 470g.

<2> 1971, Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, Volume 47, Vol 47 (1972), p75 (Journal). SLE5931.

On 29/04/1972 GJ, a digger driver, found on the site of new plant at the cement works, 18 pieces of late Bronze Age metalwork: 16 socketed and looped axes, a socketed knife of Thorndon type and a fragment of ingot weighing about 470g.

<3> Leicestershire SMR Comment, PL 08/11/89 (Unpublished document). SLE7870.

On display at RCM.

<4> Leicestershire & Rutland HER Comment (Unpublished document). SLE7873.

"This Late Bronze-Age founder's hoard was found in the grounds of the Ketton Portland Cement Company's works on 29th April 1972. Found when ground was being prepared for a new dust extractor immediately adjacent to the old chimney of the Ketton Portland Cement Company Works. The hoard contains 16 looped and socketed bronze axes. One of the axes has a missing tip and some of the others are a little battered. 1 socketed dagger/knife, with rivet holes in socket and 1 fragment of casting scrap. The hoard is 7th century BC. All the pieces were found close together and the hoard probably represents the stock of a travelling bronze founder."
Information from Rutland County Museum, 20/02/2013.

<5> 2016, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) accessioning (Website). SLE4981.

SUMMARY: "Bronze hoard comprising 16 socketed axes, a knife and an ingot fragment found in 1972"
URL: 'https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE/RecordDetail.aspx?pageid=45&he_uid=964791', accessioned 16/01/2025.

Sources

Associated Finds

• INGOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
• KNIFE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
• SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)

Designations

None recorded

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