Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8972 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age axehead |
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Summary
A socketed Bronze Age copper alloy axehead was found in 1845.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | CASTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1845. Socketed bronze axe, looped (109mm long). Three raised ribs terminating in pellets. (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. TL 99 NE 11. |
| --- | 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. Caston. |
| <S1> | Publication: Evans, J. 1881. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| <S2> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 270, 279. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: 1853. Quarterly Meetings. Proceedings of the Bury & West Suffolk Archaeological Institute. Vol I pp 304-313. p 305. |
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