NHER 7850 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age flint arrowhead and Early Saxon pin

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Summary

In 1933 a Bronze Age flint arrowhead was found at this location. Later, in 1984, an Early Saxon copper alloy pin was found at the same site. For the Cold War nuclear shelter formerly listed at this location see NHER 36959.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11SE
Civil Parish DRAYTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1933. Just west of railway south side Fakenham Road in bungalow garden.
Barbed and tanged arrowhead and Neolithic implements including scrapers (but see record by R.J. Rickett (NAU) below).
Seen by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
See (S1).

1984. In clearing overgrown land here (73a Fakenham Road).
Bronze Early Saxon dress pin.
Copy of pin photograph (S2) in file.
W. F. Milligan (NCM) 29 August 1984.

In the garden of a bungalow - a barbed and tanged arrowhead found (NHER 7850), recorded above.
To the southwest of the bungalow Neolithic implements, chiefly scrapers (recorded as NHER 7894).
See (S3) and (S4).
R. J. Rickett (NAU) 9 February 1990.

For a Cold War nuclear shelter formerly included under NHER 7850 see NHER 36959.
D. Gurney (NLA) 20 February 2002.

  • --- Newspaper Article: 1999. Eastern Daily Press. 22 January.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Drayton.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
  • <S3> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 11 SE 4.
  • <S4> Unpublished Document: Clarke, R.R.. Correspondence.
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
  • PIN (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 19 2018 3:54PM

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