Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2511 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age metal find |
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Summary
A Bronze Age socketed copper alloy axehead was found on West Dereham Fen in the early 20th century.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WEST DEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Socketed axe in West Dereham Fen. 9.8cm (4 inches) long; loop hole has become rather blocked, surface very rough. Bronze Index (S1).
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
| --- | Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. p 26; No 273. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1919. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt I (for 1918-19) pp 147-149. p 149. |
| --- | 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. Dereham (West). |
| <S1> | Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index. |
Related records - none
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