NHER 8948 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age socketed spearhead
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Summary
In 1848 or before a Bronze Age socketed copper alloy spearhead with loops on the socket was recovered from the parish of Thompson. The exact date and location of this discovery are unclear.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THOMPSON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
1848 or before.
Socketed bronze spearhead with loops on socket (5 1/3 inches long) 128mm, 17mm socket.
In NCM [1].
(S1), drawing with drawing of Carbrooke spearhead in Bulwer Collection IV N (?same).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Thompson.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 99 NW 18.
- <S1> SNF4280 Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol IX; f.27 (Add MS 23061).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Sep 13 2018 8:27PM