Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17713 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age hoard |
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy looped palstave was found in 1941 or 1942. Metal detecting on the site has recovered other Bronze Age finds including the butt end of a halberd or dagger, parts of a dagger or rapier and a complete looped spearhead. An Iron Age terret and an illegible Roman coin were also found. The Bronze Age finds may be part of a scattered hoard. It appears that ?Iron Age pottery has also been recovered at this site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TL69SE |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Around 1941 to 1942. Context 1. Found in a field of potatoes.
Looped palstave, with expanded cutting edge.
A. Lawson (NAU), 5 November 1981.
18 and 24 May, 1 June 1993. Metal-detecting finds. Context 2.
Middle Bronze Age halberd or dagger (butt end) with two rivets, (S1).
Middle Bronze Age dagger or rapier tip, (S2).
Middle Bronze Age complete side looped spearhead, (S3).
Iron Age terret, (S4).
Bone fragment, (S5).
(S6) in file.
0W. Milligan (NCM), 15 August 1995.
24 May 1993. Metal detecting find. Context 3.
Middle Bronze Age dagger hilt/blade fragment. Two joining, (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM), 16 August 1995.
1 June 1993. Metal detecting find. Context 4.
Illegible Roman coin.
See list in file. Identified by J. Davies (NCM), 30 June 1993.
W. Milligan (NCM), 16 August 1995.
March 1999. Metal-detecting.
The Norwich Castle Museum hold a number of prehistoric pottery sherds that were recovered by [1] in early 1999 (NWHCM : 1999.1.34.30). Although these find were never reported to the NHER the grid reference listed [2] suggests that they were from the area covered by this site. The sherds are possibly Iron Age.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 November 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- DAGGER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- HALBERD (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- HOARD (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- RAPIER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- SPEAR (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- HARNESS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Jones, C.. 1993. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age halberd/dagger butt end.. Paper. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Jones, C.. 1993. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age dagger/rapier tip.. Paper. 2:1. |
| <S3> | Illustration: Jones, C.. 1993. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age complete side looped spearhead.. Paper. 2:1. |
| <S4> | Illustration: Jones, C.. 1993. Drawing of an Iron Age terret.. Paper. 2:1. |
| <S5> | Illustration: Jones, C.. 1993. Drawing of a undated bone fragment.. paper. 1:1. |
| <S6> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
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