NHER 2925 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF92SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 1964. Stray Find.
Surface finds in ploughsoil:
1) Bronze Age socketed axe, decorated with three parallel lines.
2) Bronze Age socketed spearhead, leaf-shaped blade, peg holes, incised decoration on socket.
See drawings (S1), produced by W. F. Milligan (NCM) in 1970.
Information from (S2).
These objects had probably been dispersed from the Bronze Age hoard that was discovered nearby in 1970 (NHER 1123).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2018.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- 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 92 SE 9.
- <S1> SNF98686 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1970. Drawings of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead and copper alloy socketed spearhead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Elmham (North).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
May 17 2022 1:59PM