Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10531 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age stone find |
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Summary
A Bronze Age perforated stone axe hammer was found in 1976 during construction of the Loddon bypass.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 350 989 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NE |
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| Parish: | SISLAND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1976. Stray Find.
In spoil excavated during construction of Loddon bypass; from peat up to 20 feet [6m] deep by river:
1 Bronze Age stone axe hammer with hour-glass perforation. Possibly made on erratic nodule. Remains of two longitudinal ribs on each side. See drawing (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXE HAMMER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1976. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1976. No 23. p 20. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 NE 14. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gregory, T. 1976. Drawing of a Bronze Age perforated stone axe hammer. Card. 1:1. |
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