Record ID: NMS-5DADFB
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Hoard consisting of two copper-alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave axeheads. One is complete, the other is missing the blade end. Both are pitted and corroded. Palstave 1 - complete. This palstave is corroded, but retains areas of shiny dark olive green surface. One face has a reasonably clear grooved shield shape, but this appears to have been worn away on the other face. The sides are smooth and featureless, and at the blade end curve out to a narrow cutting edge. The flanges are very low, perhaps worn down. Dimensions: Length 108.7mm, maximum width (at cutting …
Created on: Friday 27th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sustead area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B456A1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age hoard consisting of 40 copper-alloy items, with 12 fragments of pottery storage vessel. Catalogue: 1. FACETED SOCKETED AXE, complete, with one circular-sectioned loop. Sub-circular mouth with rectangular opening with radiused edges, an internal remnant of one side of the casting sprue partially obstructing the mouth. Faceted body expanding to a sharpened, rounded cutting edge. Single shallow internal vertical rib behind each face, starting immediately below the top of the socket, blending into the side walls approximately halfway down the socket (Ehrenb…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-833D15
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A group of four Bronze Age copper-alloy tool fragments all found within a small area over a period of several months. Two additional amorphous copper-alloy fragments were also found in the immediate vicinity. Total weight 125g. 1. Small butt-end fragment of a flanged palstave. Oblique brittle fracture, pitted dark brown patination with green around eroded edges. Extant length 35mm, width 18mm, weight 35g. 2. Triangular tip fragment of a spearhead. Sharp midrib giving a star-like cross section. Transverse brittle fracture. Dark brown patination. Length 41mm, widt…
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D74E8B
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Additions to a dispersed Late Bronze Age hoard (2016T470, NMS-6DAFAC). 1. Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axehead, found 25th January 2018 Description: Incomplete socketed axehead. Sub-rectangular mouth with prominent lip, shallow D-sectioned loop, the rectangular-sectioned body flaring to form the curved cutting edge which exhibits some superficial damage but is otherwise intact. Shallow groove running along each long edge on both faces. Part of the mouth is missing, the breaks corroded and worn. The surface has a smooth dark green patina. There is a small fragment of cop…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-67D9E3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Scattered hoard of 13 Middle - Late Bronze Age artefacts as described below. The hoard consists of a mixture of complete and fragmentary artefacts. Catalogue: Socketed axehead. Squared mouth bordered by a double collar comprising a prominent moulded ridge above a shallow moulded ridge. Rectangular body, expanding slightly towards the blade which flares into the curved cutting edge; both tips missing due to old breaks. There are faint traces of vertical ribbing on both faces, running from the lower collar to a length of c. 48.5mm. The sides taper toward…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hindringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F9AC63
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Scattered hoard of 14 Middle - Late Bronze Age artefacts as described below. The hoard consists of a mixture of complete and fragmentary artefacts. Catalogue: Socketed axehead. Squared mouth bordered by a double collar comprising a prominent moulded ridge above a shallow moulded ridge. Two opposed casting sprues sit on either side of the mouth, each tapering into a vertical casting seam running down the inner faces of the axehead. Rectangular body, expanding slightly towards the blade which flares into the curved cutting edge; both tips missing due to old br…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-545F3E
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Dispersed hoard of six copper alloy objects consisting of; Socketed spearhead. Bevelled, leaf-shaped blade, missing the tip and most of the cutting edge. The circular socket terminates in a jagged break which is not fresh, but is comparatively recent. It exhibits prominent casting seams down each long edge. Length: 97mm. Diameter of socket 14.2mm. Maximum extant width of blade: 17.1mm. Extant length of blade 74mm. Weight 35.3g.  Fragment of socketed spearhead comprising part of the cylindrical socket. It exhibits the stubs of the cast side loops on either side, …
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B0FEF9
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances of Discovery: Hoard found during metal detecting 'on stubble', the top of the deposit recorded as being -38cm, and the bottom -50cm. All artefacts found at the above grid reference, however two groups of fragments were found in the 'general area' (Nos. 36-37, below). Description: A hoard of 37 copper alloy objects found during the course of metal detecting. It is likely that this assemblage was disturbed before it was discovered as two fragments were found separate from the others, this also raises the possibility that these artefacts are part of a larger disturbed …
Created on: Monday 20th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 17th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wood Dalling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6DAFAC
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dispersed late Bronze Age hoard of copper-alloy objects, consisting of: 1. Socketed axehead. Slightly miscast sub-rectangular mouth with a prominent moulding above a shallow moulding, D-sectioned side loop, rectangular-sectioned body flaring slightly to the curved cutting edge which has slight but probably not very ancient damage. Cast decoration in the form of six vertical lines terminating in pellets on each face. Casting seam more prominent on the loop and near the mount. Fragments of organic material, probably wood, survive in the socket. Length 116mm. Mouth 40 x 41mm. Cuttin…
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-DCA196
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17 bronze socketed axes, 7 socketed axe fragments, two sheet fragments, one blade fragment, one knife and one winged axe fragment were found whilst metal-detecting in August 2006. 1070 Socketed Axe - Southern English Ribbed Type Complete socketed axe, sub-square mouth with double mouth moulding from which loop springs, four ribs on each face, edges to face sharply defined by a rib extending part way down blade, sides slightly concave before expanding out to asymmetrically curved sharpened blade edge, several very small holes in surface of faces (possibly casting flaws), casting flash…
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7517F1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age hoard described by the finder as being found in an area 'the size of a table top'. Although the patination (darker green with little or no corrosion) and breaks of objects Nos. 1 - 3 are very similar, they do not re-fit. 1. A fragment from the mouth of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe head with a shallow and not well defined moulding at the rim and broken across a second shallow moulding. The breaks are irregular and unabraded but not recent. Now separate, but within socket of another axe (No. 4) when found. It has not been possible to assign the axe to a typological …
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CF0A11
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of Late Bronze Age objects found 10 meters apart and probably forming part of a dispersed hoard. 1. Fragment of socketed axe head. A tiny section of the moulded mouth with a narrow moulding below, D-sectioned loop and broken, irregular part of one side and face. Internal casting seam on one face and external casting seam above loop. Breaks irregular, ancient and quite worn. Surviving length 41mm. Surviving width 35mm. Weight 27.0g. 2. Possible fragment from an axe head or other copper alloy object, consistent with bronze objects of a similar date to No. 1. Wedge-sh…
Created on: Friday 8th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-37F7D3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age hoard consisting of 17 objects or fragments of objects discovered during metal-detecting in an area "8 paces by 10 paces" in plough soil. None of the fragments join and none seem likely to be parts of the same object. It is highly likely that two socketed axe heads previously recorded from the same area in 1988 and 1955 also formed part of this hoard, and also possible that a palstave axe head found in the same area in 1969 formed part of the original deposit. All the aforementioned finds are recorded on Norfolk County Council Historic Environment Record (No. 24951).…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1FB7C5
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Beads, ingots and molten fragments which may, on the balance of probabilities, be considered as an addendum to an earlier find (2008 T454), which included copper alloy objects from the same area as a scattered Late Bronze Age hoard found before 7 July 2008 (PAS-9474B1, 2008 T454). 1. Awl, incomplete, with most of the tang absent, perhaps through miscasting. The cross-section of the pointed part is sub-square at the start, becoming round before the point. Weight 2.68g. Length 35mm. Width 4.5mm. 2. Awl, incomplete, with most of the tang absent. The cross-section of the pointed par…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CA57D7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy spearhead fragment, a socketed axe fragment, a complete spearhead and a bag-shaped chape, additional to a hoard reported as 2008 T95 and bringing the total number of objects recovered to 45. 42: Tip of cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead. Surviving length 51mm. Late Bronze Age type, possibly pegged, leaf-shaped. Almost certainly joining fragment of spear no. 40, recorded in 2008. 43: Damaged cast copper-alloy bag- or purse-shaped chape. Straight upper edge (slightly damaged) with one central circular perforation on each face, curved lower e…
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E160F3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Five fragments of objects, additional to a Late Bronze Age hoard discovered in 1995. Fragment of socketed axe head. No original edge survives. Flat externally with three shallow ribs, slight curve internally. Possibly joining a fragment of the mouth of a socketed axe head found at the site in 1997. Surviving length 28mm. Surviving width 16mm Fragment of blade from sword or rapier. Flat on one face, slightly bevelled to either side on other. Broken at both ends, edged damaged. Surviving length at least 30mm. Surviving width 28mm Casting jet, probably from a socked axe head. Su…
Created on: Monday 12th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fleggburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-26F828
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two middle Bronze Age items comprising a hoard. A Middle Bronze Age palstave with one loop, straight stop ridge of ledge type projecting above the flanges. Below the ledge a shield-shaped raised area with two roughly leaf-shaped depressions. Concave sided blade expansion. Casting-seam down both sides. Recent damage to one flange. Older damage to cutting edge but otherwise in crisp condition. Length 172mm. Width 72.5mm. Thickness 38mm. Weight 622g. A Middle Bronze Age fragment of the butt of a rapier, corner with one rivet. Measuring at least 33 x at least 35mm. Rivet length …
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Feltwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DDB574
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A hoard of 14 late Bronze Age axe heads. All are socketed and single looped. 1. The mouth is rounded, the rectangular sectioned body expands slightly to a curved cutting edge which is broken diagonally. There is a prominent moulding at the mouth with a lighter moulding below from which four longitudinal ribs extend on one face, and three on the other. There is a clear casting seam on each side. Length 104mm. Width of cutting edge (reconstructed) 56mm. Mouth 39 x 39mm. 2. The mouth is sub-rectangular, the body rectangular in section, expanding for the cutting edge. T…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Aylsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F1BBE1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age hoard consisting of; 1. Two joining fragments of blade of spearhead, tip missing. Old breaks. On both faces a broad median rib is flanked by two much narrower ribs. The latter are flanked by lines of punched dots. Lengths 125mm and 112mm. 2. Fragment of blade of spearhead, decorated as nos.1 and 3, and probably part of the same object. Length 35mm. 3. Fragment of blade of spearhead, decorated as nos.1 and 2 and probably part of the same object. Length 14mm. 4. Two joining fragments of blade of spearhead. The join is imperfect because of buckling. Major b…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EFF335
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
1.) Fragment of sword, junction of hilt and blade, both ends missing. There are two central holes in the centre of hilt, the upper one truncated by the break. Two double or conjoined holes on the blade's shoulders, one also cut by a break. probably Ewart Park type. Length 75mm. Width 44mm. The breaks are ancient, but there is some recent scuffing on the angles. Weighing 72.6g. Socketed knife, in two pieces, both ends missing. At the socket end the break cuts across a rivet hole. The breaks are not ancient and there is recent scuffing throughout the length of the blade on both cutting …
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludham', grid reference and parish protected.