Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6847 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age stone axehammer and medieval spindle whorl |
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Summary
A Bronze Age polished stone axehammer was pulled up by a harrow in 1975. Metal-detecting in 2017 recovered a medieval spindle whorl.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 299 328 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG23SE |
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| Parish: | KNAPTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1975. [1].
Found between tines of harrow. Large polished stone axehammer, irregular outline. Made from naturally shaped stone?
Drawn NCM 8 July 1975, (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).
December 2017. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
Medieval lead spindle whorl.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 26 January 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2018.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- AXE HAMMER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 9. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1975. Drawing of a Bronze Age polished stone axehammer.. Card. 1:1. |
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