NHER 1475 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age socketed spearhead
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Summary
In 1966 a Bronze Age socketed leaf-shaped spearhead, with rivet holes, was recovered from a sugar beet field in this area.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1966. Stray Find.
Found In sugar beet field:
Bronze Age socketed leaf-shaped spearhead with rivet holes. See drawing (S1).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1966.696).
Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 February 2018.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF98714 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1966. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spearhead. Card. 1:1.
- --- 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 63 NE 70.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Snettisham.
- <S3> SNF2375 Serial: 1966. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1966. No 13. p 5.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SPEARHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2023 3:49PM