NHER 1685 (Find Spot record) - Two Bronze Age axeheads
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 1954. Stray Find.
Found 500 yards [457m] south-east of Fox Covert and just west of Peddars Way:
1 Bronze Age copper alloy looped and facetted socketed axehead. See drawing (S1).
In Sandringham Estate Museum ('York Cottage Estate Museum').
Information from (S2). Discovery noted in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2018.
1954 or 1955. Stray Find.
Found on Peddars Way between Anmer and Red Barn Farm:
1 Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead - with five vertical lines. Seen 1963.
See drawing (S4).
Information from (S2). Discovery noted in (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2018.
Both same site.
E.Rose (NAU).
Associated Sources (7)
- --- 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 20.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81814 Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawings of a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Dersingham.
- <S3> SNF2285 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt IV pp 395-416. p 398.
- <S4> SNF91856 Illustration: Milligan, W. F. 1963. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Nov 19 2025 8:51AM