Accession No
1905.167
Description
Beaker Dagger
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Norfolk; Brecklands; Lynford; Blood Hill [Bloody Knowe] [Haye Meer]
Period
Early Bronze Age Beaker period c.2250 - 2000 BC
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1905.167; IM ID: Cam 015-020
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Flint; Stone Beaker Dagger
Event Date 1905
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Dr. Catherine Frieman, University of Oxford, examined this object in September 2011 and gave the period as Beaker, c.2250 - 2000 BC.
Event Date 09/2011
Author: maa
Context (References)
Frieman, Catherine J. (2014). 'Double Edged Blades: Re-visiting the British (and Irish) Flint Daggers'. Proceedings for the Prehistoric Society, 80. pp 33-65
Event Date 2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Amendments / updates)
Dr Frieman provided information stating the find spot was at Blood Hill (also called Bloody Knowe or Haye Meer), Lynford, Breckland, Norfolk. This was gleaned from the Norfolk HER No. 5655 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MNF5655&resourceID=1002 (accessed 05/11/2020). This information has been added to the Place field.
Event Date 4/11/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:19610
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