NHER 6556 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Bronze Age, medieval and post-medieval finds (Baconsthorpe, poorly located)

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Summary

Various objects known to have been recovered in Baconsthorpe but with little or no additional information regarding provenance. These finds include two Bronze Age socketed axes, a medieval coin and two post-medieval coins.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	BACONSTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1969. Stray Find.
Two bronze socketed axes said to have been found 'in the region of half a mile east of Baconsthorpe Castle' (grid reference suggested TG 12 37, hardly agrees - exact findspot remains unknown).
See copies of record cards and accompanying sketches (S1) in file. These cards originally recorded the provenance of the axes as Sheringham but this was subsequently corrected to Baconsthorpe.
Compiled by E. B. Green (NCM). Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 December 2015.

Pendleton (S3) cites Sheringham HER 6327 / Baconsthorpe HER 6556, axes found in a cable trench, as a hoard. This is possibly a muddle with Walsingham HER 2022 / Hindringham HER 2078.
A. J. Lawson, 20 February 2012.

Pre February 1996. Metal-detecting.
Found in Baconsthorpe:
1 medieval coin.
2 post-medieval coins.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM), see list in file. No provenance recorded.
P. Watkins (HES), 5 November 2015.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
<S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Baconsthorpe.
<S3> SNF83646 Article in Monograph: Pendleton, C. F.. 1999. Bronze Age Metalwork from Northern East Anglia. A study of its distribution and interpretation. IN British Archaeological Report British Series Volume 279. BAR British Series Volume 279. 204.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (3)

SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Baconsthorpe (North Norfolk) (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Dec 13 2015 12:31PM