NHER 3918 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric copper alloy flanged axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF71SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 1955 or before. Stray Find.
Found in garden of house of [1], at Lower Ketlam (altered by R. R. Clarke to Little Ketlam but this is incorrect, see below).
Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axehead.
This object is apparent now held by the King's Lynn Museum (probably KILLM : 1958.1.14.2 [2]).
Information from (S1), which has a rough sketch of the object by C. H. Lewton-Brain on its reverse. This discovery was reported in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 July 2018.
House of [3] is actually at [4] and was in 1955 - it was wrongly marked by R. R. Clarke at [3].
T. Gregory (NAU) November 1986. Information from (S3).
The above information was confirmed on telephone with house owner's relative. Finder still lives at 2 Lower Ketlam, not Little Ketlam, which is the house adjoining New Ketlam House which apparently used to be 1 Lower Ketlam!
E. Rose (NAU), 2 December 1986. Information from (S3).
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Pentley.
- <S2> SNF86166 Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 5.
- <S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- FLANGED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Jul 3 2018 11:46AM