Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15278 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age copper alloy axehead |
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Summary
In 1979 a small Bronze Age copper alloy axehead was recovered from this area. The lower shaft was decorated with two zones of diagonal hatching, separated by three zones of three transverse ribs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 01 16 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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| Parish: | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1979. Found in garden in digging potatoes.
Small bronze axe (length 81mm) with thick shaft and low flanges. Wide-splayed cutting edge. Lower shaft decorated with two zones of diagonal hatching separated by three zones of three transverse ribs.
Drawn NCM, copy (S1) in file
Compiled by A. Taylor (NCM), 9 September 1979.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (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: Finds Illustrations. |
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