Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3107 |
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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 was found on the surface of a sugar beet field in 1952.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0966 2943 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG02NE |
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| Parish: | HEYDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1952. Stray Find.
Found by Blackwater Lane 700 feet [213.5m] north-north-west of Bells Grove:
1 Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, basal loops. See sketch (S1).
Seen by R. R. Clarke (NCM) and noted in (S2). This discovery was also reported in (S3), in which its provenance was incorrectly recorded as Corpusty. See also newspaper article (S4).
Information from (S5) and (S6).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 November 2015.
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
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1956. Ancient axe-heads unearthed at Corpusty and Gayton. 27 June. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1952. Sketch of a Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI pp 395-416. p 397. |
| <S4> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1952. Bronze Spearhead found in Corpusty field. 31 October. |
| <S5> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Heydon. |
| <S6> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 02 NE 2 [2]. |
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