NHER 2601 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age spearhead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF70SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1950. Stray Find.
Found "about 400' [365m] north of Ash Holt Plantation":
1 Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spearhead with lunate openings in wings, rivet holes.
See drawing (S1).
Remains of wooden haft in socket identified as probably bird cherry at Kew, 23 June 1950.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1950.137).
Information from (S2). This discovery was reported in the local press (S3) and is also listed in (S4) and (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 May 2018.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- 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 70 SW 1.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81331 Illustration: Unknown. 1950. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Barton Bendish.
- <S3> SNF3830 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1950. Interesting result of school lesson. 30 June.
- <S4> 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.
- <S5> SNF57092 Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SPEARHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Aug 10 2022 7:50AM