NHER 8810 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age rapier
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CARBROOKE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
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.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF79927 Illustration: Clarke, R.. 1954. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age riveted rapier point.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Carbrooke.
- <S3> SNF2285 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> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 SE 10.
- <S5> SNF94091 Map: Clarke, R. R. and Norwich Castle Museum Staff. 1933-1973. NCM record map. 72 NE.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
May 22 2017 3:11PM