NHER 16000 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age rapier
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1978. On lands belonging to Holmebrink Farm (farmhouse at 7320 9520).
Rapier, at least one peg remaining; bent.
See (S1) and (S2) in file.
Information from Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography.
E. Rose (NAU), 14 April 1980.
Grid reference supplied by informant.
Found 1978 on a corndrill that had been working in this field.
A. Lawson (NAU), 18 August 1980.
1978. Additional to the entry above.
An additional illustration and description of the rapier discovered in 1978.
E. Darch (HES), 24 September 2010.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF77817 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Pencil drawing of a Bronze Age rapier. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
- --- SNF81429 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Ink drawing of a Bronze Age rapier. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- <S2> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 15 2015 5:18PM