Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6498 |
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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.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | STODY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Socketed axe of an unusually broad type, 8.2cm by 3.8cm (3 1/4 inches by 1 1/2 inches) across blade.
See (S1) (called Hanworth, followed by (S2)), (S3), (S4). NCM.
(S5), Bronze Age index (S6).
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> | Publication: Evans, J. 1881. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland. p 114. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clarke, W.G.. [unknown]. Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists. Vol VIII, p 407. |
| <S3> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 276. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: 1884. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings at General and Committee Meetings. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol IX pp 359-369. p 361. |
| <S5> | Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. p 27; No 253. |
| <S6> | Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index. |
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