NHER 6672 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age palstave
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Summary
A Bronze Age palstave, made of copper alloy.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG13SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CORPUSTY AND SAXTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Reported 1972.
Copper alloy unlooped palstave in poor state of preservation, surface badly pitted, (S1).
Found during hedging in field north of Lake Farm.
Probably the one found in 1960 and reported in (S2).
T. McClough (NCM)
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Corpusty.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF87125 Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 5.
- <S1> SNF80140 Illustration: Clough, T.. 1972. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave.. Find Illustration. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF4226 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1960. 3000-year-old axe-head found at Saxthorpe. 9 March.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Feb 23 2021 10:58AM