Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9003 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age sword fragment |
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Summary
At sometime prior to 1963 a Bronze Age sword fragment was recovered from Wretham. The exact location and circumstances of its discovery are not known.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 1963. 'From Wretham'.
Late Bronze Age sword blade fragment.
Held by NCM.
Part of S. S. George Collection. See for comparison Bronze Age metalwork in NCM 1966/7, 26.
W. F. Milligan (NCM) 15 October 1982.
'Bronze implements from Wretham' noted in (S1)
R. R. Clarke (NCM) suggests includes this a palstave (NHER 9002) and also adds 'TCM'?) (TM).
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SWORD (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. Wretham. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 409. |
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