NHER 8810 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age rapier

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Summary

A Middle Bronze Age riveted rapier point was found at this spot in 1954.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF90SE
Civil Parish CARBROOKE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1954. Stray Find.
Found 500 yards [457m] north-east of Rush Meadow:
1 Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier point. Rivetted. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).

This is the same object as the dirk mentioned in (S3) and noted on (S4), although it should be noted that both sources give an incorrect grid reference. The location described above corresponds with that marked on (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 April 2016.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Clarke, R.. 1954. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age riveted rapier point.. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Carbrooke.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt IV pp 395-416. p 397.
  • <S4> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SE 10.
  • <S5> Map: Clarke, R. R. and Norwich Castle Museum Staff. 1933-1973. NCM record map. 72 NE.
  • RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

May 22 2017 3:11PM

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