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


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