NHER 18226 (Find Spot record) - Middle Bronze Age rapier blade fragments
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL78NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
30 June 1982. Found with metal detector on north bank river east of railway bridge, where county boundary diverges from present river course.
Findspot on county boundary where marked as marshes by Ordnance Survey (so in dumped dredgings?
Bronze blade, central rib both sides (identified by J. Plouviez, Suffolk Archaeological Unit).
Drawing suggests a later Middle Bronze Age rapier blade fragment (A. Lawson).
Sketch and photograph in file.
Information from Suffolk Archaeological Unit from A. Lawson (NAU), 9 July 1982.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
May 18 2020 8:00AM