NHER 873 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal object hoard

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Summary

In 1991 a collection of Bronze Age objects, possibly part of a hoard, was dropped by a lorry turning off Colman Road into Stannard Road during the Ring Road resurfacing. The hoard consisted of a socketed axe, awl, pin and a pair of tweezers

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish EARLHAM, NORWICH, NORFOLK
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

1991. Stray Find.
Late Bronze Age hoard dropped by lorry turning off Colman Road into Stannard Road during Ring Road resurfacing etc. therefore could have come from either Earlham parish, or Norwich.
Hoard consists of one socketed axe, one awl, one pin (no head) and one pair of tweezers.
See drawing (S1) and NCM polaroid (S2).
Information from member of the public [1].
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM) 11 July 1991.
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 February 2018.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Robins, P. 1991. Drawings of Late Bronze Age copper alloy hoard comprising socketed axe, awl, pin and pair of tweezers. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
  • <S3> Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
  • AWL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • PIN (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • TWEEZERS (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Feb 13 2018 11:07AM

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