NHER 9091 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic or Bronze Age axe hammer
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
1850. Found in field.
Site not locatable - 'Near same spot urns found and several tumuli exist'.
Perforated axehammer described as iron hammerhead but obviously stone from watercolour drawing. Igneous rock? 10.5cm (4.1in) long.
See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 1975.
[1] lived at Hargham Hall in Quidenham parish near Attleborough boundary. There are several tumuli known in the area.
E. Rose (NAU) 9 June 1982.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Attleborough.
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Attleborough.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF7975 Illustration: Rolfe Collection Norfolk Illustrations. n. 1060.
- <S2> SNF4280 Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol I; p 38 (Add MS 23053).
- <S3> SNF1141 Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 275.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- AXE HAMMER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 13 2018 8:45PM