NHER 4032 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age axehead (Bressingham, poorly located)

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Summary

A Bronze Age flat axehead, made of copper alloy, found before 1900. The axehead was mistakenly labelled as being found in Bressingham, when it was actually found in Castle Acre.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	BRESSINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	CASTLE ACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Found before 1900. Stray Find.
Found at unrecorded location in Castle Acre parish:
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead. Length 122mm; width; edge 75mm, middle 31mm.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1908.22.1 : A - ex Beloe Collection, ex Plowright Collection).
Noted in (S1) and (S2).
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 July 2018.

1981.
This is in fact the same as the larger of two axeheads depicted in a watercolour drawing in the Norwich Castle Museum's Bulwer collection (S5). These are labelled as being from Bressingham but bearing in mind Bulwer's inaccuracy over locations, Castle Acre is more likely to be correct [1].
Compiled by A.J. Lawson (NAU) 6 November 1981. Information from (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 July 2018.

This object is amongst those illustrated in (S6) - see copy of drawing in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 July 2018.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF9012 Photograph: BYN 1.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 81 NW 16.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF1427 Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. p 21; No 22.
<S2> SNF57092 Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
<S3> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Castle Acre.
<S4> SNF60744 Illustration: Sandys, F. Pre 1904. 'Two flat bronze axes from Bressingham'. Watercolour on paper.
<S5> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S6> SNF98758 Article in Monograph: Needham, S. 1979. The extent of foreign influence on Early Bronze Age axe development in southern Britain. The Origins of Metallurgy in Atlantic Europe. Ryan, M (ed.). pp 265-293. Fig 2.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (1)

FLAT AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2018 1:44PM