NHER 2530 (Monument record) - Bronze Age dagger
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Around 1960. Stray Find.
Found at approximately TL 6873 9665:
Bronze Age copper alloy dagger with two rivet holes (one broken), possibly made from end of rapier. See drawings (S1)-(S3).
Seen by B. Green (NCM) and T.H. Mck Clough (NCM) 1969.
Information from (S4).
Subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1994.12.9).
As noted below a rapier butt and a number of Neolithic implements previously recorded as having been found at this location are now believed to have been recovered in the field to the south - see NHER 23660.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 March 2018.
1980.
Informant says not found at same spot, but nearby information to come?
E. Rose (NAU).
Informant says all finds except dagger are from site NHER 23660.
'Burnt hearth like patches' reported after first ploughing around 1950.
E. Rose (NAU).
Objects subsequent given to NCM 1991.
The alternative findspot mentioned above is only a few yards to the south and is somewhat vague.
E. Rose (NLA).
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. TL 69 NE 16 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91785 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy dagger. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF91786 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy dagger. Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF91784 Illustration: Curtis, F. 1969. Drawings of two Bronze Age copper alloy rapiers (one complete) and a Bronze Age copper alloy dagger. Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Methwold.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- DAGGER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Mar 7 2018 5:40PM