Record Details
| NHER Number: | 685 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Bronze Age hoard |
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Summary
A hoard of two Early Bronze Age copper alloy axeheads was found in the back garden of this house in 1977.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1977.
While erecting fence in back garden a hoard of two decorated flat bronze axes with bow hammered flanges; one has a slight bevel.
Contact prints (S1) and plan in NCM.
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU), 1982.
E. B. Green (NCM), May 1982.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAT AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- HOARD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
Related records - none
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