NHER 15058 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint tranchet axe, medieval strap end and post-medieval punch

26 June 1979. Metal-detecting.
Clover Hill, Bowthorpe, approximately 100m southeast of Sainsbury's. Found with metal detector in area stripped of topsoil for building new houses:
1 medieval copper alloy buckle.
1 post-medieval copper alloy punch for applying leaf-motif, probably a leather-working tool. Held by NCM.
S. Margeson (NCM) says the buckle is really a strap-end and that finder has retained possession at least temporarily.
A. Gregory (NAU) 6 July 1979.

5 July 1979. Field Observation.
Site of above discoveries. Site visited by A. Rogerson (NAU) and A. Gregory (NAU).
Stripped surface and sides of footing-trenches examined; no finds.
A. Gregory (NAU) 6 July 1979.

A Mesolithic tranchet axehead found by J. E. Sainty in "Bowthorpe" is described in (S1). The grid reference recorded indicates that it was found at this site (TG 180 092 listed as "accurate"), although the date of discovery is not given. This object was formerly in the possession of R. Jacobi and although it is noted that it was given to the Noriwch Castle Museum, it does not appear in the museum's records.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 September 2014.