Record Details

NHER Number:10800
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age axehead

Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe with an expanded cutting edge was found during mole catching.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 0094 8598
Map Sheet:TM08NW
Parish:HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Pre 1972. Found in mole catching.
Flanged axe with expanded cutting edge. Sides facetted and edges of flanges probably hammered up. No decoration apparent. Surface pitted and corroding. Length 155mm width 90mm.
See (S1) in the Illustration Library.
T. Clough (NCM), 1972.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • FLANGED 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. Harling.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Clough, T.. 1972. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe.. Card. 1:1.

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