NHER 41383 (Find Spot record) - Eaton Late Bronze Age 'founder's hoard' and Late Saxon brooch

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Summary

In 2005 a hoard of 145 Bronze Age copper alloy objects was found in a garden. The majority of these pieces were axeheads, spearheads and sword blades. A Viking brooch was also discovered.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full Description

April 2005. Stray Find and Metal-detecting.
Discovered while working with a mini-digger in garden:
Late Bronze Age hoard - one hundred and forty-five items dating to about 800 BC.
Found during metal-detecting survey undertaken to locate remnants of hoard:
Viking brooch.
See twenty-one sheets of catalogue by A. West (NCM) in file. See also newspaper articles (S1) and (S2).
Brooch donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2005.354) who also subsequently acquired the Bronze Age hoard (NWHCM : 2007.77).
A. Cattermole (NLA) 26 April 2005 and A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 February 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 May 2020.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF100573 Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and British Museum. 2008. Treasure Annual Report 2005/6. pp 46-50; No 67; Fig 67.
<S1> SNF55920 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2005. Bronze Age find is something special. 26 April.
<S2> SNF59933 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2005. Find may be declared a Norfolk treasure. 19 December.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (10)

FLANGED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
CHISEL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
GOUGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
INGOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
RING (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SPEAR (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

May 9 2020 12:46PM