NHER 5389 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age spear, River Little Ouse
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy spear dredged from the river in 1933.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL78NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1933. Dredged up from Norfolk bank of Little Ouse about 274m (300 yds) east of Wilton Bridge (C.S. Leaf).
Copper alloy spear ferrule.
(S1) says 182m (200) not 274m (300 yds) and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM)
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Hockwold-cum-Wilton.
- --- 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. TL 78 NW 14 [2].
- <S1> SNF1892 Article in Serial: 1935. [unknown]. Cabridge Antiq. Soc. Coll.. Vol XXXV, p 146, pl Xib. p 146; Pl Xib.
- <S2> SNF1118 Serial: 1936. Cambridge University Reporter. p 1009. p 109.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 4 2016 2:33PM