NHER 3107 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal find
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEYDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1952. Stray Find.
Found by Blackwater Lane 700 feet [213.5m] north-north-west of Bells Grove:
1 Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, basal loops. See sketch (S1).
Seen by R. R. Clarke (NCM) and noted in (S2). This discovery was also reported in (S3), in which its provenance was incorrectly recorded as Corpusty. See also newspaper article (S4).
Information from (S5) and (S6).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 November 2015.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF3596 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1956. Ancient axe-heads unearthed at Corpusty and Gayton. 27 June.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF93908 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1952. Sketch of a Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF57092 Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
- <S3> SNF2285 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt IV pp 395-416. p 397.
- <S4> SNF3900 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1952. Bronze Spearhead found in Corpusty field. 31 October.
- <S5> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Heydon.
- <S6> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 NE 2 [2].
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 13 2022 9:08AM