NHER 11428 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age spearhead

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Summary

Around 1970 a Bronze Age side-looped spearhead was recovered on the ploughed surface of a field in this area.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG00NE
Civil Parish	RUNHALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Around 1970. On ploughed surface.
Side-looped spearhead, 10.4cm x 1.9cm ogival blade. Cleaned badly.
Drawn NCM, see (S1) in the Illustration Library.
Seen by A. Gregory (NAU), June 1976.
E. Rose (NAU).

June 2015.
The findspot of the Bronze Age spearhead recovered in 1970 has been corrected after the finder showed [2] the findspot on a map. The original location of the findspot was centred on [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 23 June 2015.

DDMD062025 - PAS details awaited. [4].
Expanded to whole field. Former extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 July 2025.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF79165 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1976. Drawing of a Bronze Age side-looped spearhead.. Card. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (2)

SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
COIN (Medieval - 1445 AD to 1454 AD)

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Runhall (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 31 2025 8:23PM