NHER 10890 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age axehead (Bressingham, poorly located; Swaffham, poorly located)

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Summary

A Bronze Age axehead, made of copper alloy, found in the 19th century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish BRESSINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

19th century.
2 flat axes from 'Bressingham' about 13cm long and about 11cm long.
The larger axe is in fact the same as NHER 4032.
See (S1).
The smaller axe is the same as that on a watercolour by an unknown artist, in NCM, thought to be part of former Fitch Collection, marked as 'near Swaffham'.
Not apparently the same as any of the other axes from Swaffham.
Provenance of Bressingham is only from the rear of the former frame of Bulwer's drawing.
See (S2), location of axe unknown.
A. Lawson (NAU) 6 November 1981.

  • --- Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
  • --- Photograph: BYN 1.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bressingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Illustration: Bulwer, J.. Bulwer Collection drawing. 1223 B77 235 951.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: NCM. 1977. Norwich Castle Museum Catalogue.
  • FLAT AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jan 3 2026 7:42PM

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