NHER 2665 (Find Spot record) - Middle Bronze Age rapier
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Summary
In 1970 a Middle Bronze Age rapier was recovered from this area.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF80NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1970. Stray Find.
Found near Warstade Way:
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier. Tip missing, traces of two rivet-holes and hilt-mark, triple arris grooves. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 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 80 NW 22.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91773 Illustration: Clough, T. 1970. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age coppr alloy rapier. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Swaffham.
- <S3> SNF2434 Serial: 1970. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1970. No 17. p 14.
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 30 2018 9:53AM