NHER 5252 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age spearheads and rapier (Methwold, Feltwell, poorly located)

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Summary

Three Bronze Age copper alloy spearheads and a Bronze Age copper alloy rapier were found at Whiteplot.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Three spearheads from Whiteplot in British Museum.
i) 109mm long.
ii) 169mm long.
iii) 180mm long. Loops at base of blade.
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

One of these may be the spearhead found 1880 in Hemplands marked on (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

See NHER 2545.
E. Rose (NLA).

Copper alloy rapier (272mm long) from Whiteplot two rivet holes. Point missing. British Museum.
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Methwold.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Methwold.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF1637 Monograph: 1920. Catalogue of Bronze Age Antiquities in the British Museum.. p 129.
<S2> SNF48659 Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (4)

RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Apr 16 2019 11:23AM