NHER 9550 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age hoard

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Summary

In 1884-85 a large hoard of Bronze Age objects was found at Eaton during excavations for new buildings. Finds included riveted spearheads, socketed axes, chisels, daggers, fragments of sword blades, rings and jets.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

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Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

June 1884/5. 'One mile south-southwest of Norwich', 1.8m (6ft) down in excavating for new buildings at Eaton.
Large hoard of Late Bronze Age tools and weapons sixty-nine objects or fragments:
Ten riveted spearheads, one palstave, twenty-one socketed axes, one socketed gouge, two socketed chisels, two tanged chisels, one socketed sickle. Tip of blade of sickle. Triangular knife, one tanged dagger, two socketed daggers, seven fragments of sword blade (three swords), two chapes, two hollow-cast rings: one solid cast ring; flesh hook; buckle, ring with flange, six jets, polishing block of sandstone.
Bronze Age index, see (S1).
See (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Originally recorded in the parish of Eaton, now part of Norwich.

Associated Sources (11)

--- SNF1806 Article in Monograph: Sainty, J. E. 1935. Norfolk Prehistory. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Report of the Annual Meeting, 1935. Norwich, September 4-11. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Appendix pp 60-71. p 68.
--- SNF4826 Article in Serial: [anonymous]. 1887. [proceedings of meeting held Thursday, December 17th, 1885]. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Second Series Vol XI pp 35-52. pp 42-52.
--- SNF1308 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 408.
--- SNF1141 Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 270, 276.
--- SNF6298 Publication: Hannah, I. C. 1914. The Heart of East Anglia : the story of Norwich from earliest to latest times. p 8.
--- SNF8075 Publication: Rye, W. 1917. History of the Parish of Eaton in the City of Norwich.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Eaton.
--- 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. TG 20 NW 179.
<S1> SNF57092 Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
<S2> SNF1025 Serial: 1885. The East Anglian or Notes and Queries. New Series. pp 57-58.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (15)

SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
BUCKLE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
CHISEL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
DAGGER (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
FLESH HOOK (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
GOUGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
KNIFE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
RING (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SCABBARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SICKLE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SPEAR (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Eaton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 13 2020 1:24AM