Find Spot record MDO47620 - Bronze bracelet, Milton Abbas

A bronze bracelet said to have been found in Milton parish. The exact findspot and circumstances of this find are not known, but it may be one of two bracelets from Milton Abbas in the Dorset Museum.

An armlet of "brass" was found in Milton parish. <1>

[Summary of other authorities.] Reference to authority 1. <2>

Two L.B.A. bronze bracelets, one penannular, from the Hall Collection, are in the Dorset County Museum. Acc.No. 1902-11-11 & 12. [The Hall Collection contains a number of objects from the Milton area. It is possible that one of the brooches in the Dorset Museum is the same as the one referred to by authority 1.]. <3>

<1> Wools, C, 1839, The Barrow Diggers. A dialogue in imitation of the Grave Diggers in Hamlet., 77 (Monograph). SWX2974.

<2> Evans, J, 1881, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, 384 (Monograph). SWX3100.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 27-AUG-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205781 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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