NHER 1680 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal find
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Summary
Part of a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead was found in 1961.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHERNBORNE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 1961. Stray Find.
Ordnance Survey field 72 on parish boundary:
Portion of Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead found. Hammered down for breaking up. See drawing (S1).
Now in Sandringham Estate Museum ('York Cottage Museum').
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2018.
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. TF 73 SW 18.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF91857 Illustration: Matheson, C. I. 1961. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Sherborne.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 21 2018 1:13PM