NHER 11409 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age socketed axehead
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Summary
In 1975 a sharpened Bronze Age socketed axehead with evidence of casting seams was found during potato harvesting in an area close to a peat fen.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1975. Found while harvesting potatoes from large clay area in an otherwise peat fen.
A looped socketed axe, medium splay, with two mouldings on the mouth was recovered. Casting seams and flaws visible. The axe has been sharpened. Dated to the Bronze Age.
Drawn by NCM, (S1) in the Illustration Library.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- 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. TL 79 NW 37.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 9.
- <S1> SNF79161 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1975. Drawing of a Bronze Age socketed axehead.. Card. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Nov 19 2025 8:24AM