[{"id": 139211, "created": "2020-05-18T14:50:02.160015", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 84455, "user_id": 580, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-05-18T15:27:24.461197", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "TF 9745;2002", "Site": "NORFOLK;BRECKLAND;NORTH ELMHAM;FOXBURROW FARM", "CollHist": "Norwich Castle Museum\r\nLoan 1971.1 (1-48)\r\nOn loan from Mr F.T. Nicholson of Foxburrow Farm", "Contents": "Metal\r\n(1) Socketed axe, plain, heavy mouth moulding, corners of body slightly facetted. Surface find.\r\n(2) Similar to (1) but no facets on corners. Surface find\r\n(3) Similar to (2)\r\n(4) Similar to (2) but a facetted effect has been produced by hammering on three corners of axe\r\n(5) Similar to (2) but smaller. Surface find\r\n(6) Similar to (5) ; one face badly cracked, mouth broken\r\n(7) Upper part of axe similar to (5)\r\n(8) Similar to (5) but mouth mouldings more pronounced\r\n(9) Similar to (8) but mouth mouldings closer together\r\n(10) Similar to (2) but with single mouth moulding, cutting edge missing. Surface find.\r\n(11) Socketed axe, heavy mouth moulding, linear wing decoration\r\n(12) Socketed axe, single mouth moulding, 3 ribs and corners emphasized by ribs\r\n(13) Socketed axe, heavy mouth moulding, 3 ribs\r\n(14) Socketed axe similar to (13) mouth & upper part damaged\r\n(15) Socketed axe similar to (13) but ribs finer & longer & irregularly spaced\r\n(16) Socketed axe similar to (13) but shorter. (Yorkshire type\r\n(17) Socketed axe similar to (16) cutting edge missing (Yorkshire type\r\n(18) Socketed axe similar to (16) but ribs lighter and irregularly spaced. Surface find (Yorkshire type\r\n(19) Socketed axe similar to (18) part of mouth missing (Yorkshire type)\r\n(20) Socketed axe similar to (18) part of mouth missing\r\n(21) Socketed axe similar to (18).\r\n(22) Socketed axe similar to (18)\r\n(23) Socketed axe similar to (18)\r\n(24) Socketed axe similar to (18)\r\n(25) Socketed axe similar to (18) but lower moulding and ribs very short and light\r\n(26) Socketed axe similar to (18) but shorter\r\n(27) Socketed axe facetted, with light double mouth moulding\r\n(28) Socketed axe as (27) but broken into more than 20 pieces\r\n(29) Socketed axe body fragment, plain\r\n(30) Socketed axe small body fragment\r\n(31) Socketed axe small body fragment\r\n(32-33) Two blade fragments of socketed axes\r\n(34) Blade fragment of hollow bladed spearhead, found in (22)\r\n(35) Small fragment of socketed spearhead\r\n(36) Part of rapier blade\r\n(37) Two joining part of a leaf-shaped sword\r\n(a) Part of blade & hilt with ricasso\r\n(b) Part of blade\r\n(38) Leaf-shaped sword blade fragment\r\n(39) Two parts of straight sided chape which do not join\r\n(a) straight edged top\r\n(b) bottom of chape\r\n(41-48) Nine fragments of metal cake. (43) surface find\r\nOther finds\r\nThree flint flakes were found in the ploughsoil together with several very small body sherds of a dark and gritty ware. The latter seem prehistoric but do not exhibit any diagnostic features. There is no proof of association with (1-48)", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec. S.H. 17.7.80", "ContextType": "1A HOARD", "BiblioSources": "(a) Clough & Wade-Martins (1970) 6-18\r\n(b) Norwich Museums Service (1977) 32-33 Bronze Age Metalwork in Norwich Castle Museum", "Circumstances": "In January 1970 a ploughman working in a field near the Great Wood, Foxburrow Farm, picked up two socketed axes. Following this discovery Wade-Martins found a further five axes and an ingot on the surface. These eight objects were numbers (1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 15, 18 and 43). On the basis of their distribution a 30' square was excavated over the week-end of 14-15 Feb. 1970 ; the original thirty-foot square was later extended by ten feet to the east. A total of 48 objects (1-48) was found. One surface find (2) lay just outside the excavation area. Nearly all the items were in the ploughsoil and only the very base of the hoard pit had survived. The objects lay scattered up to 28 feet away from the pit, but the predominant concentration was to the north. This can only be explained by the direction of ploughing over many centuries. After the eight inches of ploughsoil had been removed the surface of clay and gravel was scraped. The only feature found was the base of the hoard pit, and this was no more than one inch deep. The original depth of the hole dug for the bronzes could never have been more than 9 inches and the shape of the pit was a rectangular scoop just over a foot long. In the bottom lay two complete axes (9 & 24) fragments of another (28) and two ingot fragments (44-45).\r\n\r\nSee North Elmham I\r\n[In October 1964 two bronze implements were found in the same field, but their findspot (TF 9734 2005) is too far away for them to be accepted as part of the 1970 hoard. They were found 450 feet further west, and were discovered separately, on the surface of the plough-soil\r\nThere is as yet no further evidence to support the presence of a possible second hoard in what is now one field. The 1964 objects were : -\r\n1. Socketed axe, 3 ribs\r\n2. Socketed spearhead, peg-holes through socket which is decorated with bands of incised lines & hatching.]", "FindAltSiteRel": "NORTH ELMHAM II"}}, {"id": 142002, "created": "2020-06-30T13:41:28.299925", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 84455, "user_id": 2005, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-06-30T13:41:44.306728", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "TF 9745 / 2002", "Site": "NORFOLK / BRECKLAND / NORTH ELMHAM / FOXBURROW FARM", "CollHist": "Norwich Castle Museum   Loan 1971.1 (1-48)\r\nOn loan from Mr. F.T. Nicholson of Foxburrow Farm", "Contents": "Metal\r\n-------\r\n(1) Socketed axe,, plain, heavy mouth moulding, corners of body slightly facetted.\r\n     Surface find\r\n(2) Similar to (1) but no facets on corners. Surface find.\r\n(3) Similar to (2)\r\n(4) Similar to (2) but a facetted effect has been produced by hammering on three\r\n     corners of axe.\r\n(5) Similar to (2) but smaller. Surface find.\r\n(6) Similar to (5); one face badly cracked, mouth broken.\r\n(7) Upper part of axe similar to (5)\r\n(8) Similar to (5) but mouth mouldings more pronounced \r\n(9) Similar to (8) but mouth mouldings closer together\r\n(10) Similar to (2) but with single mouth moulding, cutting edge missing\r\n       Surface find.\r\n(11) Socketed axe, heavy mouth moulding, linear wing decoration\r\n(12) Socketed axe, single mouth moulding, 3 ribs and corners emphasized by ribs\r\n(13) Socketed axe, heavy mouth moulding, 3 ribs\r\n(14)       \"           \"  , similar to (13) mouth & upper part damaged\r\n(15)       \"           \"  , similar to (13) but ribs finer & longer & irregularly spaced\r\n(16) Socketed axe similar to (13) but shorter (Yorkshire type)\r\n(17)       \"           \"   similar (16) cutting edge missing   \"    \r\n(18)       \"           \"   similar to (16) but ribs lighter and   \"\r\n         irregularly spaced. Surface find.\r\n(19) Socketed axe similar to (18) part of mouth missing  (Yorkshire type)\r\n(20)       \"           \"   similar to (18)   \"     \"     \"           \"\r\n(21)       \"           \"   similar to (18)\r\n(22)       \"           \"   similar to (18)\r\n(23)       \"           \"   similar to (18)\r\n(24)       \"           \"   similar to (18)\r\n(25)       \"           \"   similar to (18) but lower moulding and ribs very short and light.\r\n(26) Socketed axe similar to (18) but shorter\r\n(27)       \"           \"   facetted, with light double mouth moulding\r\n(28) Socketed axe as (27) but broken into more than 20 pieces.\r\n(29)       \"           \"   body fragment, plain\r\n(30)       \"           \"   small body fragment\r\n(31)       \"           \"   small body fragment\r\n(32-33) Two blade fragments of socketed axes\r\n(34) Blade fragment of hollow bladed spearhead, found in (22)\r\n(35) Small fragment of socketed spearhead\r\n(36) Part of rapier blade\r\n(37) Two joining parts of a leaf-shaped sword\r\n        (a) Part of blade & hilt with ricasso\r\n        (b) Part of blade\r\n(38) Leaf-shaped sword blade fragment\r\n(39) Two parts of straight sided chape which do not join\r\n        (a) straight edged top\r\n        (b) bottom of chape\r\n(41-48) Nine fragments of metal cake. (46) surface find.\r\nOther finds\r\n--------------\r\nThree flint flakes were found in the ploughsoil with several very small body sherds of a dark and gritty ware. The latter seem prehistoric but do not exhibit any\r\ndiagnostic features. There is no proof of association with (1-48)", "comments": "In Contents, finds (41-48) = eight not nine, and no (40) find, so (41-48) should be (40-48) ?", "ArchiveEtc": "/S.H.   17.7.80", "ContextType": "1a Hoard", "BiblioSources": "(a) Clough & Wade-Martins(1970) 6-18\r\n(b) Norwich Museums Service (1977) 32-33\r\n      Bronze Age Metalwork in Norwich Castle Museum\r\n      --------------------------------------------------------------", "Circumstances": "   In January 1970 a ploughman working in a field near the Great Wood,\r\nFoxburrow Farm, picked up two socketed axes. Following this discovery\r\nWade-Martins found a further five axes and an ingot on the surface.These eight objects were numbers (1,2,5,10,11,15,18 and 43). On the basis of their distribution a 30' square was excavated over the week-end of 14-15 Feb.1970; the original thirty foot square was later extended by ten feet to the east. A total of forty-eight objects (1-48) was found. One surface find (2) lay just outside the excavation area. Nearly all the items were in the ploughsoil and only the very base of the hoard pit had survived. The objects lay scattered up to 28 feet away from the pit but the predominant concentration was to the north. This can only be explained by the direction of ploughing over many centuries. After the eight inches of ploughsoil had been removed the surface of clay and gravel was scraped. The only feature found was the base of the hoard pit, and this was no more than one inch deep. The original depth of the hole dug for the bronzes could never have been more than 9 inches and the shape of the pit was a rectangular scoop just over a foot long. In the bottom lay two complete axes (9&24) fragments of another (28) and two ingot fragments (44-45).\r\n\r\nSee          [ In October 1964 two bronze implements were found in the same field,]\r\nNorth        [but their find-spot (TF 9734 2005) is too far away for them to be         ]\r\nElmham I  [accepted as part of the 1970 hoard.  They were found 450 feet          ]   \r\n                [west, and were discovered separately on the surface of the ploughsoil]\r\n                [There is as yet no further evidence to support the presence of a         ]\r\n                [possible second hoard in what is now one field. The 1964 objects were:]\r\n                [                     1. Socketed axe, 3 ribs                                                     ]\r\n                [                     2. Socketed spearhead, peg-holes through socket          ]\r\n                [                         which is decorated with bands of incised lines and       ]\r\n                [                         hatching                                                                        ]\r\n", "FindAltSiteRel": "NORTH ELMHAM ii"}}]