NHER 2522 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age copper alloy flanged palstave, Wretton Fen (Wretton, poorly located)

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Summary

In 1853 a copper alloy flanged palstave was recovered from an area of Wretton Fen. The exact location and nature of this discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	WRETTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

1853. Stray find.
One bronze haft flanged palstave in Wretton Fen, slight half oval ornament below stop ridge 6 1/8 inches (152mm).
The object is held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1908.22.7 : A).
This is probably one of the two bronze celts from Wretton in C. R. Manning Museum Catalogue (S3, f.16).
Information from record cards (S1) and (S2).
See also catalogue (S3) and article (S4).
R. R. Clarke (NCM). Amended by P. Beers (HES), 15 July 2020.

Associated Sources (4)

<S1> SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Wretton.
<S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S3> SNF1374 Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. p 25; No 271.
<S4> SNF1625 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1919. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt I (for 1918-19) pp 147-149. p 149.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (1)

PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 15 2020 1:03PM