NHER 41827 (Find Spot record) - Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age and post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2005 and 2015 recovered an Early Bronze Age flanged axehead, an incomplete Middle Bronze Age dirk or rapier and a post-medieval coin.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM08SE
Ecclesiastical FERSFIELD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish BRESSINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Before 13 June 2005. Metal detecting.
Early Bronze Age flanged axe (S1).
1 post-medieval coin of Mary I.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 July 2005.

April 2015. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JO8. [1].
Middle Bronze Age incomplete dirk or rapier (S2).
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [2].
A. Beckham (HES), 24 June 2015 and P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2024.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of an Early Bronze Age flanged axehead. Film. 1:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Ashley, S. J. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age dirk. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • FLANGED AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
  • DIRK (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 2:55AM

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