Record Details

NHER Number:16173
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age or medieval spearhead

Summary

A small copper alloy socketed spearhead was found. This may be Bronze Age or medieval. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.

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Location

Parish:OLD BUCKENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1966.
Bronze spearhead of unsual form.
Small, around 12.5cm (5 inches) long with four edges (one on each side) two on the blades and two as strengthening ribs. Small end loops, short socket. Fresh appearance (cleaned?).
[1] claimed he had reported it to KLM, but they deny this.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 May 1980.

See [2].

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age to Medieval - 2350 BC to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

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