Record Details
NHER Number: | 3020 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Bronze Age stone find |
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Summary
An Early Bronze Age stone battleaxe was found on Sparham Common in 1917 or 1918.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 0734 1795 |
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Map Sheet: | TG01NE |
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Parish: | SPARHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1917 to 1918. Casual Find.
A stone battleaxe was found on the ground surface at Sparham Common, fairly close to barrows and therefore probably from a burial. The battleaxe is of Beaker type, with a rounded butt and central perforation. The upper and lower surfaces are slightly concave.
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Associated Finds
- BATTLEAXE (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NE 36. |
--- | 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 - Neolithic. Sparham. |
Related records - none
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