NHER 52598 (Find Spot record) - Possible Middle Bronze Age Hoard
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Full Description
5 December 2008. Metal detecting
Possible Middle Bronze Age hoard comprising palstave (S1) and fragment of rapier (S2), plus small fragment of molten copper alloy (S2).
See list in file.
This hoard was reported as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2009 T161), declared Treasure at inquest and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.18).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 January 2009 and E. Darch (HES), 11 February 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 May 2020.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF100582 Publication: British Museum. 2011. Treasure Act Annual Report 2009. p xiv.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF75017 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2009. Drawing of a middle bronze age palstave.. Film. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF75019 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2009. Drawing of a fragment of rapier, plus small fragment of molten copper alloy.. Film. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (4)
- HOARD (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- RAPIER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 11 2021 7:51AM