NHER 4173 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age palstave

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Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found in Great Dunham in 1782. The exact location and nature of its discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

1782.
'Very perfect celt, found at Great Dunham in Norfolk in 1782. Given me by ?H....ixin 22 Ju..1783' was written on the label of a Bronze Age palstave.

'Brass celts having also been found in this village'.
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Dunham (Great).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Goddard Johnson. MSS NRO. Vol 2 f.100.
  • PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 6 2016 3:28PM

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