NHER 10245 (Monument record) - Post medieval brickworks and Bronze Age axehead hoard

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Summary

At sometime prior to 1866 a hoard of three Bronze Age socketed axeheads was recovered from the former brickyard here. The brickyard appeared on the 1880 Ordnance Survey and was a large concern with several sheds at the head of the dyke, served by wherries.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG30NW
Civil Parish	SURLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

Pre 1866. Found in brickyard.
?Hoard of three socketed axes. One of these is in British Museum (PRBA), formerly part of the Christy Collection.
Is axe NHER 10246 any connection with this find?
Copy NCM card.

Brickyard located from 1880 6in Ordnance Survey. A large concern with several sheds at head of dyke, served by wherries. According to (S1) there was another brickyard in Surlingham near the ferry, but this is not marked on any 19th century map in NLHL and may be a mistake. This grid reference was the main 'Surlingham brickyard'.
E. Rose (NAU) 14 May 1981.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Surlingham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 NW 24.
<S1> SNF6856 Monograph: Malster, R.. 1986. Wherries and Waterways.. pp 84-5, 90.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

BRICKWORKS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (2)

HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Surlingham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 23 2019 12:14PM