NHER 2387 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age rapier/dirk from site of Popenhoe Manor House
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WALSOKEN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Approximately 3.1m (10ft) deep when digging for a cistern (350mm long).
Dirk or rapier from Popenhoe Manor House.
?Popenhoe House near Chequers Corner.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1 December 1851.
Ribbed rapier, square butt, two rivet holes, possibly from the site of Popenhoe Manor.
Held by Wisbech Museum, 1978.
A. Lawson (NAU).
House demolished in 1930.
E. Rose (NAU).
2001. Watching Brief.
Linear features, articulated dog burial and post-medieval pottery were recorded.
Report awaited. The results of this work are summarised in (S2).
D. Holburn (HES), 4 November 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2016.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Walsoken.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 50 NW 4 [2].
- <S1> SNF7672 Article in Monograph: Trump, B. A. V. 1968. Fenland rapiers. Studies in Ancient Europe: Essays Presented to Stuart Piggott. Coles, J. M. and Simpson D. D. A. pp 213-225.
- <S2> SNF82150 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2002. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2001. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt I pp 162-177. p 177.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- DIRK (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 13 2017 11:52AM