NHER 9265 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age socketed axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1966. Found while hoeing sugar beet. About 820m (900yds) northnortheast of High House Farm. [1].
Socketed bronze axehead with three vertical parallel ribs, square mouthed. Two hafting ribs in socket, one either side.
See (S1).
Illustration (S2) in the Illustration Library.
E. B. Green (NCM).
This is believed to be the same object as one reportedly found "…between a marlpit and Melton Beck Cottages…" in 1967 [2] and initially recorded as NHER 12621.
Information from record card (S3).
P. Watkins (HES), 17 May 2025.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Melton (Great).
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 NW 20.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2375 Serial: 1966. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1966. No 13. p 5.
- <S1> SNF57092 Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
- <S2> SNF79258 Illustration: Green, E.. 1966. Drawing of a Bronze Age socketed axehead.. Film. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHERs 9265 and 12621.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 17 2025 9:45PM