Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2233 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age perforated stone axe hammer or mace hammer |
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Summary
In 1969 a Bronze Age polished stone axe-hammer or mace-hammer was recovered from this area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 565 157 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF51NE |
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| Parish: | TILNEY ST LAWRENCE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1969.
Polished stone axe-hammer (or mace-hammer) with almost straight perforation; no cutting edge - blunt. Length 12.1 cms Breadth 6.2cms. Possibly found during ditch cleaning (Stratigraphy 3ft (0.9m) clean silt, 3 ft (0.9m) peat, clay). N.127 Olivine Dolerite.
Information from KLM
T. Clough (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
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 51 NE 5. |
| --- | 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. Tilney St Lawrence. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155. |
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