NHER 35028 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age copper alloy axehead, prehistoric flints and medieval peny

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Summary

Metal detecting here during 1999 recovered part of an Early Bronze Age copper alloy axehead and two prehistoric flints. A watching brief in 2009 recovered prehistoric flints and a medieval penny.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11SE
Civil Parish TAVERHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August-September 1999. Metal detecting.
Early Bronze Age flat axe fragment (S1), and two prehistoric flints.
See lists and drawing in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 October 1999.

March-August 2009. Watching Brief.
East Hills to Norwich Ring Main Water Pipeline Scheme (Fields 5 and 6).
A prehistoric flake and flake-like blade were recovered as well as a silver medieval (AD 1301-1310) penny.
See report (S2) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.90).
S. Howard (HES), 28 February 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015 and 11 May 2019.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Geake, H.. 1999. Drawing of an Early Bronze Age copper alloy axehead.. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Phelps, A. 2010. An Archaeological Watching Brief on the East Hill to Norwich Ring Main Water Pipeline Scheme. NAU Archaeology. 2056.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAT AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1301 AD to 1310 AD)

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Record last edited

May 11 2019 1:53PM

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