Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22539 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Bronze Age socketed axehead |
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Summary
In April 1986 part of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead was discovered on a school playing field. However, as the surface of the playing field was made up with imported soil from Norwich, the axehead was not found in its original location.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 16 11 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11SE |
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| Parish: | COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1986. Metal detecting on from school playing field.
Note however that the surface of the playing field was made up with imported soil from Norwich.
Cutting edge frag of Late Bronze Age socketed axe.
A. Gregory (NAU), 25 April 1986.
Grid reference corrected by W. F. Milligan (NCM), December 1986.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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