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BLADE
Unique ID: CAM-DC2F32
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy socketed sickle blade of Bronze Age date. Weight is 12.08g, length of the fragment is 46.69mm, width is 16.73mm and thickness is 3.59mm. The cross section is oval or a sub lozenge. The edges are quite chewed, but Cyril Fox lists parallels from the River Thames (Tilehurst, Berks.; Plate XXIV, no 5), Norwich (Norfolk, Plate XXVI, no. 12) which have a similar straight blade. Due to the fragmentary remains of this blade it is impossible to determine whether the sickle was laterally or vertically socketed. Most of these socketed sickles are part of the Ewart Park metalwork assemblage. They're not unusual finds in the Cambridgeshire area and date from the Late Bronze Age, c. 1000-800BC. See Fox, C. 1939. The socketed bronze sickles of the British Isles. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society N.S.5, Parts 1 and 2, No. 11, pp. 222-248.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.69 mm
Width: 16.73 mm
Thickness: 3.59 mm
Weight: 12.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012 - Wednesday 29th February 2012
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: South Kesteven Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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