NHER 3107 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal find

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Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead was found on the surface of a sugar beet field in 1952.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG02NE
Civil Parish HEYDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

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.

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1956. Ancient axe-heads unearthed at Corpusty and Gayton. 27 June.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: [Unknown]. 1952. Sketch of a Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
  • <S3> 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> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1952. Bronze Spearhead found in Corpusty field. 31 October.
  • <S5> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Heydon.
  • <S6> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 NE 2 [2].
  • SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2022 9:08AM

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