Record Details

NHER Number:6262
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age copper alloy axeheads

Summary

Two or three Bronze Age copper alloy axeheads are reported to have been found in the mid 19th century.

Images - none

Location

Parish:WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Two or three bronze celts said to have been found at Weybourne Pits (which group? E. Rose (NAU)) before 1852, (with querns. E. Rose (NAU)).
See (S1-3).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---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. Weybourne.
<S1>Serial: 1850. Norwich Mercury.
<S2>Article in Serial: Harrod, H. 1852. On the Weybourne Pits. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 232-240. p 236.
<S3>Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 278.

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