Record Details
NHER Number: | 503 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead |
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Summary
In 1922 a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spearhead, in remarkably sharp condition, was recovered from the River Wensum near the new Carrow Bridge (NHER 843).
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Location
Grid Reference: | TG 2390 0773 |
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Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September/October 1922. Found while dredging for new bridge (enclosed in a lump of clay). Carrow Bridge - River Wensum.
Bronze spearhead Class II (133mm long x 30mm width). Remarkably sharp condition - socketed and looped low down on socket.
BA Catalogue.
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 78; TG 20 NW 195. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Bronze Age. |
<S2> | Newspaper Article: 7 February 1. Eastern Daily Press. |
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