NHER 36973 (Find Spot record) - Late Bronze Age hoard and medieval coins

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Summary

Metal detecting recovered two medieval coins, a medieval spur fitting and a Late Bronze Age hoard of metalworking equipment and objects. The hoard contained two halves of a mould for socketed axes, two almost complete socketed axeheads, a cutting edge fragment and a socketed hammer.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG22SW
Civil Parish HEVINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

December 2001/January 2002. Metal detecting.
Two medieval coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 February 2002.

November 2002. Metal detecting.
Late Bronze Age founder's hoard consisting of two halves of a mould for socketed axes (S1 and S2), one almost complete socketed axehead (S3), one complete socketed axehead in two pieces (S4) (neither from the mould (S5)), cutting edge fragment (S6) and a socketed hammer (S7).
See descriptions in file.
See also draft report (S8).
Recovery of the hoard was not archaeologically observed.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 July 2002.

January/February 2006. Metal detecting.
Medieval spur attachment.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 March 2006.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of two halves of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe mould.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of two halves of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe mould.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S3> Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S4> Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of two joining Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragments.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S5> Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of a latex axe cast from the mould.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S6> Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment.. Film. 2:1.
  • <S7> Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed hammer.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S8> Unpublished Document: West, A. (NCM). [unknown]. Hevingham Hoard.
  • AXE MOULD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • HAMMER (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2017 11:43AM

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