Record Details

NHER Number:11428
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age spearhead

Summary

Around 1970 a Bronze Age side-looped spearhead was recovered on the ploughed surface of a field in this area.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 07 09
Map Sheet:TG00NE
Parish:RUNHALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Around 1970. On ploughed surface.
Side-looped spearhead, 10.4cm x 1.9cm ogival blade. Cleaned badly.
Drawn NCM, see (S1) in the Illustration Library.
Seen by A. Gregory (NAU), June 1976.
E. Rose (NAU).

June 2015.
The findspot of the Bronze Age spearhead recovered in 1970 has been corrected after the finder showed [2] the findspot on a map. The original location of the findspot was centred on [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 23 June 2015.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

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

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1976. Drawing of a Bronze Age side-looped spearhead.. Card. 1:1.

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