Record Details

NHER Number:3020
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age stone find

Summary

An Early Bronze Age stone battleaxe was found on Sparham Common in 1917 or 1918.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 0734 1795
Map Sheet:TG01NE
Parish:SPARHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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.

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