NHER 2852 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age spearhead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1940. Stray Find.
Found at Potter's Fen when digging boiler for greenhouses at depth of 7 feet [2.1m] from surface in red clay with peat and humus above (Gault and white sand under red clay):
Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead. 5.25 inches [13cm] long, 1.375 inches [3.5cm] wide.
This object is noted in (S2), which reports a claim it was actually found in 1912, "...12' [3.66m] down in white sand.." [1].
Seen by R. R. Clarke in 1949, when in the possession of [2].
Information from (S2), which has a sketch of the object by [2] attached to its reverse.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2018.
1981.
This object is a pegged socketed spearhead and is in Bishop Bonner's Cottages Museum, Dereham
Compiled by A. Lawson (NAU), 6 November 1981.
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2018.
Site since built over for housing.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 SE 4 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF4808 Publication: Boston & Puddy. 1952. East Dereham. p.3.
- <S2> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Dereham (East).
- <S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SPEARHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
May 30 2018 4:19PM