NHER 4231 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age hoard

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Summary

A Bronze Age hoard, comprising a palstave, rapier and sickle, all made of copper alloy, found in the mid 19th century.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	DOWNHAM WEST, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1858 to 1859. In the Fens.
A copper alloy socketed sickle found by man who also found a palstave and a short (14.6cm) copper alloy rapier, just under 2.5cm wide. Broad midrib and 2 notches
Sickle 144mm long deeply corroded.
Width of blade 22mm, sickle sharp on both sides.
Open cylindrical socket.
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM) June 1959

A copper alloy celt, found in Downham Fen, drawn in (S2), may be the same as above.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

The celt shown in (S2) in not the one described above, see NHER 14342.
See (S3).
E. Rose (NAU)

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF1987 Article in Serial: Fox, C. 1939. The Socketed Bronze Sickles of the British Isles; with special reference to an unpublished specimen from Norwich. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol V Pt 2 pp 222-248. p 243.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Downham (West).
--- 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. TF 50 SE 8.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF2321 Article in Serial: 1960. Antiquity. Antiquity. Vol XXXIV, p 281.
<S2> SNF5932 Publication: Evans, J. 1881. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland. p 19.
<S3> SNF4892 Article in Serial: Brown, M. A. and Blin-Stoyle, A. E. 1959. A Sample Analysis of British Middle and Late Bronze Age Material using Optical Spectrometry. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol XXV pp 188-208. p 204.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (4)

HOARD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SICKLE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Downham West (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 6 2016 3:28PM