Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4471 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age metal finds |
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Summary
Two Bronze Age copper alloy spearheads were found in the late 19th or early 20th century. The exact date and location of their discovery are not known.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | MARSHLAND ST. JAMES, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
From 'Marshland Fen' attributed to Terrington St. John by E. M. Beloe in letter to Haverfield of 16 February 1901 but 'Marshland Fen' on 6 inch map is in Walsoken.
1. Class III A Bronze spearhead (358mm long). (S1).
2. Class V Bronze spearhead (325mm long). (S2).
(S3) notes bronze implements, unstratified from Terrington in Beloe's possession. Marshland Fen on 1 inch map is in Marshland St. James.
R. R. Clarke and E. B. Green (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SPEAR (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 SW 1. |
| --- | 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. Marshland St James. |
| <S1> | Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. No 701. |
| <S2> | Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. No 302, 2. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 409. |
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