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The Carleton Rode Hoard consists of a collection of early Bronze Age axe heads, chisel's and ingots.
The damage to axe heads and presence of the ingots indicates the hoard was destined to be melted down for casting into new tools. The axes are cast in a number of styles, including one typical of those found in Yorkshire.They were discovered in he winter of 1844 by labourers digging a drainage ditch across pasture land on the farm occupied by the Reverend T.P.Slapp of Old Buckenham.They were donated to the Norwich Castle Museum where they were displayed until the recent modernisation. They have been temporarily removed from display whilst the exhibition is updated. These photographs consist of only part of the hoard as currently some of the finer pieces are on loan to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. |
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Other Bronze Age artifacts have also been found in Carleton Rode.
This middle Bronze Age spearhead was discovered in the garden of Hunts Green Cottages, in 1991.
It is of the type known as 'Side Looped' because of the loops on
either side of the socket. These enabled the head to be lashed to the shaft of the spear with leather thongs. Such spearheads are not easy to date as most are found as isolated finds. The middle Bronze Age dates from 1550 BC to 1100 BC, these side looped spearheads start about 1400 BC and continue to be made after up until 1100 BC.
They are cast in a two piece mould, which has a clay plug suspended
in it to create the hollow for the socket. |
