Record Details

NHER Number:7993
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age metal find

Summary

A Bronze Age socketed copper alloy axehead was found in 1872 on Frettenham common.

Images - none

Location

Parish:FRETTENHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1872. 'Found on the common'.
Socketed axe. 100mm long, found by [1].
(S1), (S2), (S3).

R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (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. TG 21 NW 19.
---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. Frettenham.
<S1>Article in Serial: 1879. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee and the General Meetings. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VIII pp 326-341. p 327.
<S2>Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. p 327.
<S3>Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.

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