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
Spatial data recorded.

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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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Methwold', 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-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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadland', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham', 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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.

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
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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-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-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.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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.

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-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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockering', 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-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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Rudham', 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.