Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31471 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Bronze Age socketed axehead and wooden haft |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1995 recovered a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. The axehead showed some recent damage to the cutting edge, and there were the remains of a wooden haft in the socket. There was much iron staining on the haft, and preservation of wood indicates that it was buried in a wet environment.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 62 06 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60NW |
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| Parish: | STOW BARDOLPH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Late June 1995. Metal detector finds. [1]
Late Bronze Age socketed axe, (S1). Some recent damage to cutting edge. Remains of wooden haft in socket sent to CEAS (Centre of East Anglian Studies), unable to identify. Much iron staining and preservation of wood indicates buried in a wet environment.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 August 1995.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- WORKED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1995. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe.. Film. 1:1. |
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