NHER 3051 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WESTON LONGVILLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1954. 274m (300 yards) westnorthwest of Greensgate. Two Late Bronze Age bronze swords found by ploughing on 22nd January 1954; depth 45cm (1 1/2 feet) (leaf shaped); sticky clay soil. 1. 51cm (20 1/4 inches) long with six rivet holes. 2. 55cm (21 1/2 inches) long. Site examined June 1954 by R. R. Clarke (NCM); nothing further found.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Copy of press cutting (S1) and photograph (S2) in file.
Grid reference as above.
Information from Ordnance Survey Records.
R. J. Rickett (NAU),11 August 1990
Article missing from file [Jo Yates, 23 September 2010].
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF5897 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. [unknown]. [unknown]. [unknown].
- --- SNF2373 Publication: Norfolk Museums Service. 1966. Bronze Age Metalwork in Norwich Castle Museum. p 22.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Weston Longville.
- --- 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. TG 01 NE 6 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2236 Serial: 1954. Council for British Archaeology Group VII Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 1. p 3.
- <S1> SNF4024 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1954. Two Late Bronze Age swords found at Weston Longville. 6 January.
- <S2> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 16 2016 1:37PM