Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5113 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon axe |
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Summary
A socketed iron axehead dating from the Late Saxon period found during ploughing.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8016 9391 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL89SW |
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| Parish: | MUNDFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1950.
Ploughing revealed socketed iron axehead of Wheeler type 4 (10th century).
See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 89 SW 3. |
| --- | 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 - Late Saxon. Mundford. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Lethbridge, T.C.. 1948. Merlin's island: essays on Britain in the Dark Ages.. p 35. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Petersen, J.. 1919. De norske vikingsverd.. 2. |
| <S3> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1951. Gave Axe-Head He Found To Castle Museum. 19 July. |
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