THE CARLETON RODE HOARD
THE CARLETON RODE HOARD
Bronze Age objects have been recorded at sites dotted all over the parish. The Carleton Rode Hoard consists of a collection of early Bronze Age axe heads (12 in total), one spearhead, one palstave, one hammer, two chisels and five gouges 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 the winter of 1844 by Henry Ninham whilst labourers were digging a drainage ditch across pasture land on the farm occupied by the Reverend T.P.Slapp of Old Buckenham. Rev Slapp later donated the hoard to the newly founded to the Norwich Castle Museum where they were displayed until the recent modernisation. The Hoard is now in store with the Norfolk Museums Service
They were discovered in the winter of 1844 by Henry Ninham whilst labourers were digging a drainage ditch across pasture land on the farm occupied by the Reverend T.P.Slapp of Old Buckenham. Rev Slapp later donated the hoard to the newly founded to the Norwich Castle Museum where they were displayed until the recent modernisation. The Hoard is now in store with the Norfolk Museums Service
