Record Details
NHER Number: | 1901 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Early to Middle Bronze Age knife or spearhead |
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Summary
In 1966 an Early to Middle Bronze Age copper alloy knife-dagger was recovered from ploughed soil in this area. This object was later described as a spearhead, and the exact nature of it is uncertain.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 805 378 |
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Map Sheet: | TF83NW |
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Parish: | STANHOE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1966. Stray Find.
Ploughed up 500-800 yds [457-731m] west of Mill Hill Farm by [1]:
1 Early/Middle copper alloy knife-dagger with two side notches and ?two in hilt. Blade flattened oval. See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 February 2018.
Called spearhead on KLM map.
E. Rose (NAU).
Information from (S2).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- DAGGER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- KNIFE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- 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: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1966. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy blade. Card. 1:1. |
<S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Stanhoe. |
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