Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5504 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age metal find |
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead with a fragment of surviving wooden shaft was found in 1958.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6518 2101 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SE |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1958. Copper alloy spearhead. Gaywood on Lynn side of tributary of Bawsey Drain just cleaned out. 23.5cm (9 1/4 inches) long with loops at base of blade; piece of wood in socket. Excavated with black material. Patch about 1.8 to 2.4m (6 to 8 feet) long.
Drawing (S1) by A. S. Mottram (KLM).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- PLANT REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SPEARHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 3. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SE 34. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. King's Lynn. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Mottram, A. S. 1958. Drawing of a Bronze Age spearhead.. Card. 1:1. |
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