Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7576 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age socketed axehead |
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Summary
In 1971 a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, with small facets on the corners, was found in this field during potato picking.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 261 274 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22NE |
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| Parish: | SWANTON ABBOTT, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1971.
Bronze socketed axe found in lifting potatoes. Small facets on corners.
Drawn by T. H. Mck. Clough (NAU), 1972 1/1 (S1).
In NCM. [1]
Compiled by E. B. Green (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. Swanton Abbot. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Clough, T.. 1971. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead.. Card. 1:1. |
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