Record Details
NHER Number: | 12651 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Possible medieval arrowheads |
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Summary
Three pointed iron objects with long shafts have been found. These may be medieval arrowheads or ballista or crossbow bolts.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Date unknown.
Small pointed iron object with shaft found in rubble filling a hole in roadway.
Identified by NCM as an iron arrowhead 1200 to 1600 AD, and by A. Rogerson (NAU) as a medieval ballista or crossbow bolt.
July 1977.
A similar found, in an adjacent pothole, burnt.
Late July 1977.
A third found, this one rounded and without flanges, 'like an asparagus shoot'. A ferrule?
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARROWHEAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BALLISTA BOLT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CROSSBOW BOLT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FERRULE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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