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Record ID: NMS-A654E9
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age semi-hard hammer struck tertiary combination tool, of lightly patinated mottled light grey and brown flint with invasive pressure flake scars to both lateral edges on the dorsal face only, the distal end is steeply retouched to form an end scraper. Perhaps this was used as a skinning and scraping tool. 43 x 27 x 7.5 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A5D66C
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age complete plano-convex knife of white and light grey patinated flint, made from a secondary hard hammer struck flake with a thick sandy coloured piece of cortex remaining unworked and presumably forming the "back" of the knife. The cutting edge is extensively and invasively pressure flaked at an angle with the flake scars reaching beyond the centre line of the dorsal face. Measuring 58 x 26 x 7 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A633FE
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe head. Broken across the base of the socket, upper part missing, flaring from the break to a crescentic cutting edge. The surface is very worn, corroded and pitted with only patches of brown patina surviving. There appears to be a median longitudinal arris or rib on both faces, although the level of corrosion makes it difficult to be certain.
Surviving width of cutting edge 48mm. Surviving length 50mm. Surviving thickness 16mm. Weight 99.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
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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
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Record ID: NMS-183C7E
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age penannular ring fragment, or 'ring money'. Sub-oval-section, slightly flattened on the upper and lower face, with a copper alloy core and outer banded gold sheath. The banding appears lighter with an almost silvery colour on the outer face and a darker, slightly blackened appearance on the inner face. Broken at both ends with possible traces of having been cut or chopped. The exposed copper alloy surface is fairly corroded, suggesting ancient breaks. See NMS-5D0C86 for a similar complete example.
Weight 5.7g. Width 8.5mm. Surviving diameter 17.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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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
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This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-D3F08B
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age plano-convex knife made from a hard hammer struck secondary flake of unpatinated black flint with steep retouch to blunt one edge, the other is finely and invasively pressure flaked mainly along the bulbar face and forms the cutting edge. 47 x 26.5 x 8mm.
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-AF3139
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Late Bronze Age copper alloy ring. Circular-sectioned, narrowing slightly at one point perhaps through wear. Irregular corrosion, with a grey sheen from a high white metal content on the patinated areas. External diameter 41.5mm. Internal diameter 39.5mm. Diameter of section 6 - 8mm. 1000 - 701BC.
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E6BF8C
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age Flanged axehead with straight sides slightly convex in section, sub-rectangular heel, blade expanding sharply towards crescentic cutting edge now damaged and corroded with one corner missing, slight cast flanges, slight transverse bevel ridge on both faces at the junction of the hafting surface and the blade below which is a broad band of very faint multiple short vertical grooves. Heavily corroded with pitting and blistering, particularly on one face. Length 95mm. Surviving width at blade 48mm. Thickness at mid-point of flange 11.5mm. Weight 155.9g. Cast flanged axes…
Created on: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-D2C93E
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two joining fragments of Late Bronze Age sword blade. Lenticular-section, parallel sided, the cutting edge completely missing. The breaks at either end are fairly granular, the joining break cleaner and granular but corroded. Surviving length 96mm. Width 38.5mm. Thickness 7mm. Circa 1000 - 800 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6F0812
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Beaker period barbed and tanged arrowhead of semi-translucent fine quality flint with no rough inclusions, now patinated an attractive orange colour. The piece is missing both barbs and the tip with some minor damage to both lateral edges. All breaks appear to be ancient. This is unfortunate as the shape of the barbs are the defining characteristic for Green's typology (1980). Both faces are competently pressure flaked with overlapping flake scars. Although fragmentary it is likely to belong to Conygar Hill, Sutton, or Green Low types of arrowhead. 2300-1700 BC.
Measu…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C7B040
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy blade, probably a Middle Bronze Age rapier. Shallow convex face on both sides with no original edge surviving. The edge of possible bevelling for the cutting edge is visible in places. Breaks old and corroded. Surviving length 42mm. Surviving width 17mm. Maximum thickness 4mm. Weight 12.9g.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C74D44
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Broken across the base of the socket, flaring slightly for the slightly curved blade, the cutting edge damaged and missing. The breaks are all corroded and mostly worn, with the break on one side of the body appearing crisper and more recent than the rest. Width 45mm. Maximum thickness 11mm. Width at break 39mm. Surviving length 22mm. Weight 24.0g. 1000 - 701 BC.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
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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
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Record ID: NMS-49B356
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age rapier (Group IV in the scheme of Burgess & Gerloff 1981). Hafting-plate with convex upper edge, broken on either side across a large rivet hole or possible notches, tapering smoothly to the pointed oval-sectioned blade, slightly bevelled for the cutting edge, with an ancient, transverse break. The edges are damaged and corroded. Circa 1600 - 1000 BC.
Surviving length 73mm. Width 37mm. Width of blade at break 15.5mm. Thickness at break 5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-1719F0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave axehead. Straight-sided, wedge-shaped butt end, with side flanges rising to form a stop-ridge with a small, narrow loop on one side. Very slightly waisted before expanding with almost straight sides to the slightly curved, damaged and corroded cutting edge. Below the stop-ridge on both faces three short, very shallow ribs merge to form a single longitudinal rib which extends almost to the cutting edge. The casting seams are just visible on each side and most of the surface is pitted and corroded.
Length 149mm. Width of cutting edge 44mm. Maxi…
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-AF4584
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age palstave axe head. Only the damaged but-end broken across the start of the side flanges survives. Corroded surface, with granular fairly unworn breaks. Surviving length 25mm. Width 28mm. Maximum surviving thickness 13mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 31st March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-ACBFA4
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Slightly distorted Middle Bronze Age gold penannular composite ring formed from three D-sectioned strips of gold probably soldered together and now separating at several points, with straight, blunt terminals. Each of the D-sectioned strips has slightly raised edges internally.
Width of band 8.5mm. Thickness 1.5mm. External measurement of ring 15 x 14mm. Weight 3.8g.
Composite penannular rings formed from C-sectioned, D-sectioned or sub-circular strips or bars, are a well known Middle Bronze Age artefact type as single finds or forming part of sets of linked rings. See for example NM…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-6E2A74
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of probable Middle or Late Bronze Age gold sheet strip or ribbon ornament decorated on one face with eleven longitudinal grooves. One end has been cut transversely or broken neatly, while the other convex end is apparently complete although crumpled and split across a single piercing.
Width 10mm. Thickness less than 1mm. Length (unbent) c. 48mm. Weight 3.1g.
For notes on Bronze Age ribbon ornaments see Treasure Annual Report 2007 47-8, nos. 38 and 39. c.1300 - c.800 BC. For similar examples see NMS-46A4D6, ESS-C13B97, PAS-E9E2A1.
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-C4BC01
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead. Rectangular sectioned, tapering in thickness in a smooth curve from the centre to the curved cutting edge and the straight butt end, and expanding widthways from the butt end to the slightlly flared corners of the cutting edge. The whole surface is covered in shallow pitting and there is no trace of decoration.
Length 100mm. Width of cutting edge 66.5mm. Maximum thickness 12mm.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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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
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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
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This findspot is known as 'North West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-477E93
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy barbed-and-tanged arrowhead, tip, very narrow fragment of adjacent cutting edge and end of tang. missing. The ends of the barbs are slightly scuffed. There is a slight median rib on one face while the other is entirely flat. Length 34mm. Width 22.5mm. Thickness 2mm. The surfaces are dull brown through iron staining.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
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Record ID: NMS-475C25
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe in fairly fresh condition with prominent casting seams, blunt cutting edge, one possibly recent dent and recent scratching. Length 101mm. Width 42mm. Weight 267g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-349E56
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very abraded fragment of mouth of socketed axehead. Measuring at least 19 x 18mm. Weighing 5.4g. c.1000 - c.701 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Scole', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-B7FBC7
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age razor, probably of Piggott 1946 Class I. Very flat eliptical section with slightly bevelled edges, rounded end and transverse break. None of the original cutting edge survives, the edges of the blade very thin and damaged. Surviving length 31mm. Width at break 28mm. Maximum surviving thickness 2mm.
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-407D98
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle or Late Bronze Age blade, perhaps from rapier. Pointed oval section with barely defined central rib which flattens at the thicker end. Broken at both ends. Surviving length 59mm. Maximum width 20mm. Maximum thickness 3mm.
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6E1D71
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twenty fragments of a Middle or Late Bronze Age copper alloy cauldron, consisting of at least two cast staples and one or two ring handles. Recovered in four groups (items 1 - 10, 11 - 16, 17 - 19 & 20 - 21) with NGRs recorded for each find spot, but association between NGR and individual objects not retained except for nos. 1, 15 and 16. All the fragments are highly corroded.
Handle 1: Three re-fitting fragments of cast copper alloy ring (two fragments from group 11 - 14, one fragment from group 2 - 10). The section varies from circular (9mm diameter) to oval (12 x 11 mm). Origina…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Salle', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-09ED76
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spear. Broken accross circular socket in lozengiform rib. Edges of blade badley damaged, cutting edge and tip completely missing. Surviving length 75mm. Maximum surviving width 19mm. Maximum surviving thickness 11mm.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-A1B392
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age composite penannular gold ring, now almost straightened, comprising two ribs formed from separate c-sectioned bars with convex upper faces and hollow on the reverse, joined longitudinally. One end is complete and unbroken, the other slightly distorted, the join between the two ribs separated at the terminal, but either cut very neatly or also complete.
Penannular rings with c-sectioned ribs are a well-known Middle Bronze Age artefact type. For similar rings see LIN-D7E6D1 and ESS-E9CCB4 (two ribs), BERK-A5FFE5 and HER43133, Norfolk (multiple linked rings), ESS-CB3683…
Created on: Monday 20th May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-50C8A6
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Bronze Age (Beaker period) flint dagger. Tip missing, some minor damage to edges, possible opposed single notches 2/3rds along length from tip. Butt damaged by a transverse bending fracture. Soft hammer struck and pressure flaked around edges. Light grey flint with some spotty iron staining. 2300 - 1700 BC.
A more complete but un-notched example was found at Feltwell, Norfolk in 1962 (HER 5163). See http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF5163-Beaker-period-dagger-and-prehistoric-axehead&Index=2&RecordCount=1&SessionID=300e56ec-3abe-4725-9425-990f8d8…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Dickleburgh and Rushall', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-C7EEF3
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age ceremonial dirk, the second recorded from Norfolk. The first was recovered from Oxborough in 1988 found point down in peaty deposits (Needham 1990; Collins 2013, 52).
The landowner was said to have observed the second dirk being ploughed up, it then remained in the farm office for some years, occasionally being used to prop the door open. It was suggested that the object could be old and was then bought to Gressenhall for identification, causing more than a little surprise to the FLO and other staff of the finds department.
Remarkably, the provenances of th…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
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This findspot is known as 'East Rudham', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-210703
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle or Late Bronze Age socketed and looped spear. Broken leaf-shaped blade with rounded mid-rib expanding to form shaft before irregular break across two side-loops and base of socket. Surviving length 37mm. Width of blade 17mm. Breaks ancient.
For a very similar Late Bronze Age example see Hawkes (1955, GB.6, no1).
Created on: Monday 18th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Methwold', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-20EF30
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early or Middle Bronze Age copper alloy flanged or palstave axehead. Rounded butt end, parallel, convex sides, wedge-shaped with shallow flanges expanding towards a very straight, ancient break. Surviving length 33mm. Maximum measurements at break 23 x 16mm.
See Early Bronze Age flanged axeheads with similar sections and butt ends from Plymstcok, Devon (Hawkes, 1955, GB.9 2(2), no.11 - 14).
Created on: Monday 18th February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Methwold', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-7FFB82
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead. Curved cutting edge, slightly concave sides, straight butt. Both faces convex longitudonally, tapering from the centre towards the blade and butt. Length 74mm. Cutting edge 45mm. Maximum thickness 11mm.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-3EEA07
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of blade of copper alloy Late Bronze Age spear head. Tip missing, no surviving evidence of bevelling all edges are damaged, round-sectioned mid-rib. Socket rounded centrally with tapering flanges to either side at break. Surviving length 31mm. Surviving width 22mm.
Created on: Monday 14th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Binham', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-8AE941
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated copper alloy casting jet. Oval with one runner.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Spatial data recorded.
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Record ID: NMS-742D25
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy casting jet. Oval, with two runners. Bronze Age to Medieval. 26 x 9 x 18mm.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Record ID: NMS-73FE82
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of butt end of probable Middle Bronze Age palstave or flanged axehead. Rectangular-sectioned, thickening slightly to transverse break, parallel sides, the flanges damaged and incomplete. Surviving width 25mm. Surviving length 20mm. Surviving maximum thickness 8mm. Breaks ancient and worn.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-F540B7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of butt end of copper alloy Middle or Late Bronze Age flanged or palstave axe head. Rectangular-sectioned with straight side flanges expanding to ancient, irregular break. Slight casting seams visible. Surviving length 39mm. Maximum surviving width 24mm. Maximum surviving thickness 18mm.
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-76C268
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Bronze Age flat axehead. Butt end missing, narrow, rectangular-sectioned body expanding sharply for crescentic cutting edge. Surface pitted and corroded, particularly at blade. Survivng width of cutting edge 38mm. Surviving length 40mm. Body 20 x 8mm at break.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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.
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Record ID: NMS-5508A5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Middle or Late Bronze Age casting jet or sprue. Weight 8.0g. A1.
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2012
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-BDCC81
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Bronze Age copper alloy sprue or casting jet froma two-part mould. Sub-rectangular in plan, triangular-sectioned, with casting seam on either side. Perhaps from a palstave or knife. Height 18mm. Length 24mm. Width 22mm. Weight 35.3g.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-81B363
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, crescentic cutting edge with end of socket. The inner face and parts of the fracture are sooted. The wall is very much thicker (4mm) on one side of the socket than on the other (1.5mm). Length 21mm. Width 50.5mm. Thickness 11mm. Weight 41.73g.
Additional to a scattered hoard reported as 2008 T454.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'West Acre', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-46A4D6
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of probable Middle or Late Bronze Age gold sheet strip or ribbon ornament decorated on one face with nine longitudinal grooves. One end has been chopped obliquely, while the other is apparently complete and slightly convex. Length at least 16mm. Width 8.5 - 9mm. Thickness 0.4mm. Weight 0.86g. For notes on Bronze Age ribbon ornaments see Treasure Annual Report 2007 47-8, nos. 38 and 39. c.1300 - c.800 BC.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-5D0C86
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy and gold penannular ring or 'ring money'. Sub-circular cross section slightly flattened on the outside edge and either side, with flat terminals. The outer banded gold sheath is slightly damaged and split around the terminals, revealing the copper alloy core, with green corrosion stains around the inside of the ring. Gold and silver coloured transverse banding is visible over the whole surface, but is particularly clear near the terminals. Width 18mm. Length (from back of hoop to front of terminals) 17mm. Thickness 6mm. Distance between terminals approximately 1.5mm. Weig…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Thompson', 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.
Record ID: NMS-65A2F7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age gold pendant: one end of a slightly bent round-sectioned shank has been hammered into a D-sectioned loop, while the other expands into a conical terminal on which another object may have swivelled.
Formerly described as probably Roman, it has reassigned, by Caroline Barton and Ben Roberts of the British Museum, to the Late Bronze Age on the basis of its similarity to a copper alloy example in the Boughton Malherbe (Kent) hoard (PAS KENT-15A293). Length 34mm. Width of loop 5.5mm. Diameter of shank 2 - 1.5mm. Diameter of terminal 3mm. Weight 1.89g. 9th century BC.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Fransham', 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-FA07B1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The tip of a socketed spearhead. The edges of the bevelled blade and tip are worn and damaged, and the break across the circular sectioned socket is ancient. Surviving length 42mm. Maximum surviving width 22mm. Maximum surviving thickness 10.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Broadland', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-126827
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Summary: Bronze Age hoard consisting of 191 objects including wood and cloth. The finds were found with a metal detector in the ploughsoil over an area at least 30ft. across, and the site was subsequently excavated by Andrew Rogerson. The site was ridged for asparagus immediately prior to the first discovery.
During excavation, the surface was removed to reveal an almost square pit (300 x 300mm) cut into natural orange clay to a depth of 90mm. The very clearly defined edges of the cut indicate that the pit was not left open for a great length of time. The upper surface was ba…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-7B59C7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age hoard.
An incomplete harness mount. A rectangular plate (1mm thick) with a slight rim at the surviving original edge, and with remains of decoration comprising three transverse vertical ribs in shallow relief between two discs, one with a central dot within five concentric grooves, the other a fragment of the outer grooves only. There is an integral loop on the reverse aligned with and adjacent to the surviving original edge. There are old breaks on the two ends with a more recent looking break on the longer edge. Length greater than 30mm, width …
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wendling', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-F8C4F1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age hoard consisting of;
A copper alloy Socketed chisel with a circular-sectioned socketed end, becoming rectangular-sectioned where solid and tapering to a blunt end. There is corroded casting flaw protruding from the internal face of the socket which would have prevented the handle from being inserted below this point. Measuring 18 x 133mm. Weighing 90.43g. Cf. an example from the Burton Upon Stather hoard illustrated in Inventoria Archaeologia, GB.23, 3 (3), no.14. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
A copper alloy socketed axe head. Moulded at the sub-rectangular mouth, with a second,…
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-30B786
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The original find of the Bawdeswell hoard, consisting of a socketed knife and two socketed axes, all of late Bronze Age date.
1. Fragment of socketed knife. Rectangular sectioned socket with very slightly concave sides and broken across a hole in either face for hafting. The lower edge of the socket is concave on either face where it joins the pointed oval sectioned blade. The edges of the blade are damaged and the blade is broken transversely. All the breaks are ancient.
Total length at least 40mm. Socket length least 22mm, width 27mm, thickness 10mm. Length of blade at lea…
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Bawdeswell', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-1CC4D6
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of mouth of socket of spearhead, broken across a peg hole. The fractures are not ancient. This object is number 41 of a hoard reported as Treasure Case 2008 T95. Late Bronze Age. Length 24.5mm. External diameter 24mm. Weight. 4.63g.
For other objects in the hoard see NMS-EE8264 (nos. 1-40) and NMS-CA57D7 (nos. 42-5).
Created on: Monday 6th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-1E6A46
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT
Description
1. Socketed axe - South-eastern type. Sub-rectangular double mouth moulding of which the upper moulding is prominent whilst the lower gives rise to the loop on the side of the body. The body is plain and undecorated with relatively few pits running down to a flared blade. One blade corner has broken and corroded away. The patina is light brown with light green corrosion
L: 99.0mm; W: 39.0-48.0mm; Wt: 331.1g (with earth remaining in the socket)
2. Bronze plano-convex ingot fragment. Curving cast surface. Dark green patina with green corrosion wi…
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-27D9C2
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sword fragment - Tip of blade with very straight sides and flattened oval in section. Bevelled for the cutting edge, which is slightly damaged along both sides. Light brown patination, except near the break where the blade is slightly bent and the surface green and slightly corroded. Width at break 35mm, length at least 117mm.
Spear - Tip of socketed spear, broken before base of socket. The median rib is prominent and the edges bevelled. The tip is bent sideways in a slight curve. Most of the surface is covered with orange-brown patination or corrosion, which also covered the break.
Created on: Friday 12th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2011
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Record ID: NMS-262A62
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1200 BC. Measuring >30 x >113mm.
Fragment of copper alloy rapier. The blade is broken at both ends with the remains of two rivet-holes in the hafting-plate. There is a flat median rib and the edges are damaged.
A palstave (without loop, with a shield pattern on the blade which is defined on the sides by shoulders, measuring 135mm long, blade width 64mm, max. width of butt 22mm. Cf. Savory, 1980, 169, fig.21, no.148 for a similar example) was found at the same site in 1990, and it is therefore possible that these two items are part of a hoard.
Created on: Friday 12th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 24th August 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Hockering', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-BE02A4
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of gold sheet strip, one straight end complete, the other missing. Throughout its length one long edge is folded over by 1 - 1.5mm. Eight longitudinal grooves cover the remainder of the object apart from a narrow strip along the other edge, which was probably once also folded over. Possibly Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-27F534
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbed and tanged arrowhead. Sutton type, with pointed barbs and rounded tang, the point is intact. Large area on each face of original flake from which it was formed, both lateral edges flaked bifacially. Thickness 4mm. Probably a hunting loss as this is an arrowhead intended for use. Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Ringland', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-23E5E6
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Objects found by M. Dover on 4/9/05, from a scattered Late Bronze Age hoard discovered in October 1995. The site was excavated on 14/12/96.
Previous finds comprise eight socketed axes, two sword blade fragments, one sword hilt fragment, two fragments of cake, and a casting jet no.15 Terminal of sword hilt joining fragment found in 1995. The recent break is across a rivet hole. Length 38mm, width 40mm. Weight 23.57g. no.16 Tip of sword blade joining smaller blade fragment found in 1995. This joins the larger. None of the breaks in recent, but that at the broad end of the larger frag…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-B3D123
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of socketed axe. Slightly curved blade (48mm wide), possibly rectangular body at least 32mm long, at least 13.5mm wide. Ancient breaks, dark brown patina flaking off in places, original cutting edge missing. Weighing 54.34g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2006
Last updated: Saturday 3rd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Diss', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-A51432
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Awl. Slightly curved, pointed and circular sectioned at one end, thickening towards centre, clearly defined change to rectangular section, tapering to narrow chisel-like end. Length 57mm, maximum thickness 6.7mm, width of chisel end 2mm. Similar examples from Flag Fen (Coombs in Pryor, 2001, 266, fig. 10.6, no. 65 – 68).
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2016
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This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-8F03C2
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Duplicate record. Please see NMS-01D7D8 for details of the find previously recorded here.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 19th September 2013
No spatial data available.
Record ID: NMS-01D7D8
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age razor, incomplete, probably originally crescent shaped. Blade tapers towards corroded cutting edge, broken at both ends, at least 5 (two complete) open-work triangles at top of body in line with concave back. Corrosion pattern on top of razor back suggest further projections, now missing. At least 32 x 39mm.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-FB0A17
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl. It is square in section at the centre and tapers to a rectangular-sectioned shank which is flaring slightly to the broken end. The other end is circular-sectioned and tapers to a broken point. Its length is at least 48mm.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Bracon Ash', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-90CAB7
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age incomplete copper alloy sword. Three fragments of blade were found on arable land on both sides of a stream, almost certainly as a result of spreading after dredging. Very corroded showing linear traces of vegetable matter, broken, now in three joining pieces (42 x at least 294mm), heavily notched edges to blade, slightly bent at tip. None of the breaks is recent.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-9A9212
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age copper alloy chisel, rectangular-sectioned, spike for insertion into tang at one end, gently flaring to damaged blade at other end, 9mm, length 60mm.
Created on: Friday 11th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Breckland, Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
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