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Find Spot record MDR5668 - Bronze dagger, Church Wilne Reservoir, Breaston

Type and Period (1)

  • (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

SK 464 324 Breaston, Bronze Dagger. A Middle Bronze Age dagger, the blade intact, with two rivet holes, was found by a ganger during the construction of a new reservoir for Nottingham Corporation. The specimen is now [in 1974] housed at the Church Wilne Treatment Works at the reservoir near Breaston. (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: 1974. East Midland Archaeological Bulletin, No. 10. p 3.
  • <2> Index: TPAT. 2402. 2402.

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Location

Grid reference SK 464 324 (point) (Centre)
Civil Parish BREASTON, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE

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Nov 13 2015 5:08PM

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