NHER 5504 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal find
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead with a fragment of surviving wooden shaft was found in 1958.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF62SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1958. Copper alloy spearhead. Gaywood on Lynn side of tributary of Bawsey Drain just cleaned out. 23.5cm (9 1/4 inches) long with loops at base of blade; piece of wood in socket. Excavated with black material. Patch about 1.8 to 2.4m (6 to 8 feet) long.
Drawing (S1) by A. S. Mottram (KLM).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. King's Lynn.
- --- 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 62 SE 34.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2300 Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 3.
- <S1> SNF91520 Illustration: Mottram, A. S. 1958. Drawing of a Bronze Age spearhead.. Card. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- PLANT REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SPEARHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 17 2018 12:01PM