NHER 1505 (Find Spot record) - Middle to Late Bronze age looped and ribbed palstave
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1949. Stray Find.
Found "a few fields from stone axehead at Locke Farm" [NHER 1494 or NHER 1501], around 500 yds [455m] north of Lodge Hill Farm:
Bronze Age copper alloy loop and ribbed palstave. Clark Class I, 6 inches [15cm] long, max width of blade 1.5 inches [35mm]. See sketch on (S1).
Information from record cards (S1), (S2) and (S3).
Submitted for examination by [1].
The object is recorded in the British Museum Bronze Age Index (S4) and the discovery is also noted in (S5) and (S6).
Amended by P. Beers (HES), 17 July 2020.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Snettisham.
- <S2> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 SE 5; TF 63 SE 11.
- <S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S4> SNF57092 Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
- <S5> SNF2153 Article in Serial: Norfolk Research Committee. 1950. Archaeological Research in Norfolk. Archaeological Newsletter. Vol 3 No 2 pp 38-39. p 39.
- <S6> SNF2285 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk 1949-54. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt IV pp 395-416. p 397.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2023 3:50PM