NHER 9552 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age objects

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Summary

In 1953-1954 and 1983-1984 a number of Bronze Age objects were recovered from this location. These included a spearhead, ingot, three socketed axeheads and a socketed gouge, all of copper alloy.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full Description

1953. In garden of 13 Peckover Road, pegged bronze spearhead 51mm width 165mm long (corrected from 160mm) and a lump of cake.
See (S1) and (S2).
NCM cards by R. R. Clarke (NCM) (dimensions added later by ?).

1955. In same garden, south side, 61cm (2ft) deep.
Two Late Bronze Age socketed bronze axes, 90 and 100mm long. ?(S3).

August 1983. In adjacent garden of 15 Peckover Road.
Bronze socketed axe and half of another.
Drawn by NCM, (S4 and S5) in the Illustration Library.
W. F. Milligan (NCM) 28 November 1983 (to NAU September 1984).

October 1986.
Socketed gouge. Ewart Park Phase, dating to around 800 BC.
See for comparison Carleton Rode Hoard, NCM Catalogue plate V, no.10.
W. F. Milligan (NCM) 1986.

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

Associated Sources (9)

--- 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.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF86166 Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 5.
<S1> 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.
<S2> SNF57092 Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
<S3> SNF91374 Illustration: Unknown. Unknown. Drawing of a Bronze Age axehead.. Paper. 1:1.
<S4> SNF79274 Illustration: Unknown. 1983. Drawing of a Bronze Age socketed axe.. Paper. 1:1.
<S5> SNF79275 Illustration: Unknown. 1983. Drawing of a Bronze Age socketed axe fragment.. Paper. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (5)

GOUGE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
INGOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Eaton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 14 2016 5:00PM