NHER 4869 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age palstaves (Methwold, poorly located)

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Summary

Two Bronze Age copper alloy palstaves were found before 1937. These are probably now in the British Museum. The exact nature and location of these finds are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1937. Stray Find.
Two Bronze Age copper alloy bronze palstaves, one looped.
In the possession of [1] in 1937.
Information from record card (S1). See sketches (S2), which were traced from originals on (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2018.

Two palstaves in British Museum - one with loop (1976,0701.8) and the other without (1976,0701.9) - are very probably the same objects as those described above. Descriptions (in file) correspond with (S2). There is further evidence that [1] from whose collection these came, acquired Bronze Age tools from [2] in the form of an axe from Holt, see NHER 6484, and no other finds from Methwold recorded fit both sketches and details.
E. Rose (NAU), 16 July 1980. Information from record card (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2018.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Methwold [2].
  • <S2> Illustration: [Unknown]. 1981. Sketches of two Bronze Age copper alloy palstaves. Film. 1:1.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2019 11:18AM

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