NHER 7953 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age stone axe hammer
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Summary
In 1959 half of a stone axe-hammer with expanded ends was recovered southeast of St Mary's Church, Thorpe Parva (NHER 7958).
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM17NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SCOLE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1959. Stray Find.
South-east of St Mary's Church, Thorpe Parva (NHER 7958) [1]:
1 Bronze Age fragmentary stone axe-hammer with expanded ends. See drawing (S1).
Petrology N.41, group XII (Cwm Mawr), see (S2).
Loan to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1961.39).
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2014.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- 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. TM 17 NE 21.
- --- SNF87124 Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 5.
- <S1> SNF91988 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1959. Drawing of a Bronze Age fragmentary stone axe hammer with expanding ends. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
- <S3> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Scole.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- AXE HAMMER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 20 2021 9:33AM