NHER 9551 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age hoard

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Summary

In 1952 a Bronze Age hoard was found during trenching to install an electricity main. Artefacts found included socketed axes, fragments of a sword and a socketed chisel head. Finds of a spearhead and ingot at a nearby property in 1951 relate to this hoard.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full Description

March 1952. In cutting a trench for electricity main.
Hoard of Late Bronze Age implements of twelve socketed axes, fragment of sword, socketed chisel head. R. R. Clarke (NCM) carried out trial excavation 17 March 1952 and recovered some of the above. Found in three groups. One socketed axe (and lump of cake found 46m (50yds) from axe) was found on opposite side of houses in November 1951 (10.7m (35ft) north of hoard, 46cm (1ft 6in) deep).
See also spearhead and cake from Peckover Road adjacent.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Site plan (S3) and photographs (S4) in file.

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

Associated Sources (8)

--- 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 142 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF610 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1952. Bronze Age weapons on Norwich housing site. 18 March.
<S2> SNF2285 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt IV pp 395-416. p 398.
<S3> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map..
<S4> SNF68994 Photograph: Hallam Ashley. 1952. Late Bronze Age hoard.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (6)

CHISEL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
INGOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (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)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Eaton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 13 2016 2:31PM