NHER 1123 (Monument record) - Bronze Age hoard

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Summary

A hoard of forty eight Bronze Age copper alloy objects, including socketed axeheads, sword and spearhead fragments and ingots, was excavated in 1970.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF92SE
Civil Parish	NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full Description

Bronze Age hoard excavated in 1970 near Foxburrow Farm by P. Wade-Martins (NAU) and T. Mck. Clough (NCM).

Original finds ploughed up were seven socketed axes and one ingot fragment. The excavation (14 and 15 February) located the base of the pit in which hoard had been buried: also two small fragments of spearheads, two fragments of tongue-chape, two joining fragments of leaf-shaped sword, another fragment of similar, one rapier fragment, twenty six complete or fragmentary socketed axes, eight ingot fragments (a total of forty eight objects).
See published report (S1) for full details.
E. Rose (NAU).

Photographs (S2) and press cuttings (S3) and (S4) in file.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Elmham (North).
--- 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. TF 92 SE 9.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF5363 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Wade-Martins, P. 1970. A Late Bronze Age Hoard From Foxburrow Farm, North Elmham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXV Pt I pp 6-18. pp 6-8.
<S2> SNF8911 Photograph: BMK.
<S3> SNF66750 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1970. Bronze Age hoard found at found at North Elmham. 16 February.
<S4> SNF66752 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1970. Bronze Age axe finds at Elmham. 16 February.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

PIT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (7)

HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
INGOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
RAPIER (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SCABBARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SPEAR (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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North Elmham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

May 17 2022 1:57PM