NHER 7645 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age axe hammer
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Summary
A large Bronze Age stone axe hammer was found on a ploughed field in 1963.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG22SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRETTENHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1963. Stray Find.
Found after ploughing:
1 Bronze Age large stone axehammer. See drawings (S1) and (S2).
Petrology N.63; quartz dolerite, probably Group XVIII (Whin Sill); see (S3) for details and (S4) for results of more recent geochemical and magnetic characterisation.
Held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1964.53).
Information from (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 November 2015.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF91420 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1963. Sketch of a large Bronze Age stone axe hammer. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF80038 Illustration: Unknown. 1963. Drawing of a large Bronze Age stone axe hammer.. Card. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
- <S4> SNF90756 Article in Serial: Williams-Thorpe, O., Webb, P. C. and Jones, M. C. 2003. Non-destructive geochemical and magnetic characterisation of Group XVIII dolerite stone axes and shaft-hole implements from England. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 30 pp 1237-1267.
- <S5> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Frettenham.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- AXE HAMMER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Oct 10 2018 11:55AM