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Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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  • None recorded

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A Bronze Age double-looped socketed bronze spearhead was dug out of the bank of the River Wye between Cressbrook and Litton Mill in 1831. (1,2)

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Howarth, E. 1899. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection of Antiquities in the Sheffield Public Museum. p 89.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1848. Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. p 9.
  • <3> Index: NDAT. 0515. 0515.

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Grid reference SK 1660 7283 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish BRUSHFIELD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Jan 19 2012 11:55AM

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