NHER 1101 (Find Spot record) - Hunstanton Middle Bronze Age hoard and Mesolithic flint blade

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Summary

In 1974 a Middle Bronze Age hoard and a Mesolithic flint blade were discovered. The hoard of copper alloy objects comprised a palstave, a torc, a neck ring, a pin and a bracelet. It was found after a drainage ditch was recut.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF64SE
Civil Parish	OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Former Civil Parish	xHUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

January/February 1974. Stray Find.
Found on rough grazing near coast, in the side of a newly cut dyke by [1]:
'Ornament Horizon' Bronze Age hoard comprising palstave, torc, necklet, pin, bracelet. See drawing (S1).
The torc, the necklet and the palstave are now held by the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1974.9.1-3).
Information from (S2).
See published article (S3) for further details. This discovery was also reported in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 February 2018.

KLM 6 inch map (S5) gives location of this hoard at [2] but A. Lawson (NAU) says there is no doubt that his reference is accurate, and their map is wrong.
See notes in file.
E. Rose (NAU).

Also found by [1] in same year:
1 Mesolithic broken flint blade.
Donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1975.417). Information from (S6).
A. Lawson (NAU), 12 to 15 February 1974.

Associated Sources (12)

--- SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
--- SNF62483 Photograph: 2518/C/4.
--- SNF8816 Photograph: AJL11.74,HY3-6,8-12,HW27-35.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF98685 Illustration: [King's Lynn Museum staff]. 1974. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy hoard comprising palstave, torc, necklet, pin and bracelet (before cleaning). Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Hunstanton.
<S3> SNF62484 Article in Monograph: Lawson, A. 1979. A Late Middle Bronze Age Hoard from Hunstanton, Norfolk. Bronze Age Hoards: Some Finds Old and New. Burgess, C. and Coombs, D. (eds). BAR (British Series) No 67 pp 42-92.
<S4> SNF2500 Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 5.
<S5> SNF52553 Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map.
<S6> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (7)

BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
BRACELET (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
HOARD (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
NECK RING (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
PIN (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
TORC (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2022 8:53AM