Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4143 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead (poorly located) |
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Summary
It is recorded that a copper alloy spearhead was recovered from the Swaffham Fens.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Spearhead Class V (121mm) 4 3/4 inch socketed, riveted.
In NCM (S1), (S2), (S3), (S4) (Bronze spearhead found in Swaffham Fens. 'Identical to one in Norwich Museum' then finder Smith of Yarmouth). [1]
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
(S1) checked by E. Rose (NAU).
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: 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. Swaffham. |
| <S1> | Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. p 29; No 313; Lot 199. |
| <S2> | Documentary Source: Dawson Turner Add Mss. 200 or 206, 213?. |
| <S3> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 278. |
| <S4> | Publication: 1830. Woodward Correspondance. f.91. |
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