NHER 11398 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age and post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG32NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WORSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Full Description
1976. Stray Find. [1].
Dragged up by tractor-drawn hoe:
1 Bronze Age stone axe hammer. 18.6cm x 9.8cm, 8.0cm thick. Slightly waisted perforation, butt battered.
See drawing (S1) and newspaper cutting (S2) in file. Petrology No. N220 (not sliced).
E. Rose (NAU).
November 2023. Metal-detecting. [2].
Late post-medieval silver thimble.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
As this object was unlikely to be more than 300 years old it does not constitute potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2025.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- 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 32 NW 17.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2543 Serial: 1976. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1976. No 23. p 23.
- <S1> SNF92017 Illustration: Gregory, T. 1976. Drawing of a Bronze Age stone axe hammer. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF3655 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1976. Worstead axe up to 4000 years old. 28 July.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- AXE HAMMER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- THIMBLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1800 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 28 2025 4:54PM