Record Details

NHER Number:11129
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age socketed axehead

Summary

Around 1912, a Bronze Age looped and socketed axe was recovered from Spixworth Park. The exact location and circumstances of its discovery are not known.

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Location

Parish:SPIXWORTH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Around 1912. Looped and socketed axe from Spixworth Park.
105mm long, 42mm across square aperture 10.2cm (4in) long.
Formerly part of the A. C. Savin Collection (77) given to Spalding Museum in 1950.
Drawing (S1) in file.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Spixworth.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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