NHER 5819 (Find Spot) - Bronze Age socketed axehead

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Summary

At an unspecified date a Bronze Age unornamented socketed axehead was recovered from Thetford.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Bronze unornamented socketed axe 10.6cm (4.25in) long.
Held by NCM, formerly part of the Fitch Collection .
See (S1), (S2), (S3), (S4) and the Bronze Age index.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • <S1> Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. p 27; No 296.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: 1872. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VII pp 349-374. p 373.
  • <S3> Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 278.
  • <S4> Publication: Evans, J. 1881. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland. p 122.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Thetford.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 88 SE 75.
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 6 2016 4:02PM

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