Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17547 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age sword fragment |
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Summary
Metal detecting in this area during 1981 recovered a carps-tongue sword hilt fragment, with two rivets. This object was believed to be of Bronze Age origin and dated to the 9th-8th century BC.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 12 06 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10NW |
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| Parish: | WRAMPLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
25 August 1981. Location [1]. Found with metal detector.
Carps-tongue sword hilt fragment, with two rivets.
9th-8th century BC.
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU) 25 August 1981.
Drawn by A. Lawson (NAU).
W. Milligan (NCM) 25 August 1981.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SWORD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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