NHER 5821 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age socketed axehead

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Summary

In 1919 a Bronze Age socketed axe made from copper alloy was found somewhere in Thetford. This example was looped and had been roughly cast.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1919.
Socketed axe, looped and 10cm long, 3.8cm across aperture, rough casting.
Held by Spalding Museum (no.79), formerly part of the A. C. Savin Collection.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- 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.
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Oct 9 2013 9:40AM

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