NHER 17892 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age spearhead (Swaffham, poorly located)

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Summary

Before 1976 a Bronze Age kite-shaped spearhead with rib decoration on the blade face was found in the parish of Swaffham. The exact date and location of this discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1976. Exact site not known.
Kite-shaped spearhead with rib decoration on blade face. 13.4 cm long by 3.7 cm wide.
Drawing in NCM.
Information from (S1), but there is no reference on NCM or NAU cards regarding owner.
No drawing could be found in copies of NCM files. However, there are drawings of rapiers from Swaffham for this owner and a spearhead from Swaffham in NCM (4143) is not included.
Has informant confused the two in his notes?
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1982.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Monograph: Rowlands, M. J. 1976. The Organisation of Middle Bronze Age Metalworking. British Archaeological Report. No 31. No 1413.
  • SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jan 3 2026 7:48PM

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