Record Details

NHER Number:12651
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Possible medieval arrowheads

Summary

Three pointed iron objects with long shafts have been found. These may be medieval arrowheads or ballista or crossbow bolts.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3596 0309
Map Sheet:TG30SE
Parish:LANGLEY WITH HARDLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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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