Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6497 |
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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 socketed copper alloy axehead was found in the 19th century by a boy digging for ground nuts.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | STODY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Socketed axe 9cm (3 3/4 inches) long found on west side of Hunworth Common by a boy digging with his knife for ground nuts (from old label). (S1)
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (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. Stody (Hungworth). |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1884. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings at General and Committee Meetings. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol IX pp 359-369. p 361. |
| <S2> | Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. p 27; No 252. |
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