Record Details

NHER Number:8532
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age axe-hammer

Summary

A Bronze Age stone axe-hammer found in 1969.

Images - none

Location

Parish:ROLLESBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

Pre 1969.
Stone axe-hammer 'from Rollesby'.
Length 23.3 cm, width 9.1cm, height, 6.3cm.
Petrology N.196.
E. Rose (NAU).

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • AXE HAMMER (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 41 NW 7.
---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. Rollesby.
---Article in Serial: Williams-Thorpe, O., Webb, P. C. and Jones, M. C. 2003. Non-destructive geochemical and magnetic characterisation of Group XVIII dolerite stone axes and shaft-hole implements from England. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 30 pp 1237-1267.
<S1>Article in Serial: Kennet, D.. 1971. [unknown]. Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal. Vol 67.

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