Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35907 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Bronze Age hoard |
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Summary
A hoard of over forty Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads, made of copper alloy, which was found on the surface, during excavation and by metal detecting in 2001.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF82NW |
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| Parish: | EAST RUDHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
19 January 2001. Stray finds.
Found by [1] on bare ground on pig field.
14 Late Bronze Age socketed axes.
Detailed description and illustrations to follow.
10 initially found, a further 4 whilst A. Rogerson (NLA) and K. Hinds (NLA) visiting site 22 January 2001.
See plan in file.
K. Hinds (NLA) 30 January 2001.
January to May 2001.
A further 9 axeheads found.
December 2001. Excavation and metal detecting.
21 complete and fragmentary axeheads found.
See file for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 3 November 2005
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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