NHER 4875 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age rapier from Methwold Hythe (Methwold, poorly located)

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Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy rapier was found by a farmer when he was digging postholes. The object may have been found in 1882. The nature and location of this discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

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

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Found around 1910 at Methwold Hythe by farmer digging a posthole on margin of fens.
Bronze rapier 40cm (16.25 inches) long uncommon form with stout heavy, almost parallel sided blade and narrow square ended butt like a rudimentary tang: two pairs of notches one pair shallow and the other deeper at base of blade (thickening). (S1) shows a same shape but smaller and lighter, simply a knife.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Rapier - Sword Type B from Methwold Hythe found when digging a post-hole around 1882 (41cm length).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Cambridge University Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography from 1910.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Are these two records really the same?
E. Rose (NLA).

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF10201 Photograph: HY 20.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Methwold [2].
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF5939 Publication: Evans, C.P.. [unknown]. Fig. 321.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (1)

RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Apr 16 2019 11:20AM