NHER 14415 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age looped palstave
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Coloured drawing of looped palstave with shield decoration and medial rib, (S1), marked by R. R. Clarke (NCM) 'Found in making a plantation at Snettisham present location unknown; BA Index from this drawing; mid 19th century or earlier'.
The drawing has obviously been cut from a manuscript, no legible traces of which survive. However it is identical (compare corrosion patches etc) with the plate in Woodward Correspondence 1832 (S2) where it is referred to only as 'brass celt in my possession'.
Despite similarities to drawing of axe from Downham Fen at page 98 there are more differences, and it is probably not the same.
The information about the plantation at Snettisham sounds more like that given by Armstrong about the Snettisham I hoard (see NHER 1504) which are socketed axes.
This palstave does not fit any of the descriptions on other cards - it is unlikely from the description that it is the same as NHER 1506, though not all the references can be traced.
A possibility is that the wrong information has got on to the drawing.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF94416 Illustration: [Unknown]. Colour drawing of Bronze Age copper alloy looped palstave. Find Illustration. Paper. Unknown.
- <S2> SNF731 Publication: 1832. Woodward Correspondance. p.139 rear. p.101-2.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
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Record last edited
Sep 13 2016 2:51PM