NHER 16543 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age palstave

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Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found before 1980. The exact nature and location of this discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	NORFOLK NO PROVENANCE, -, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre 1980. No information as to findspot.
Palstave with shield and central rib decoration to blade.
Information via A. Lawson, see (S1).

(S2) in file.

This find does not correllate with any unprovenanced tool from Norfolk, although it cannot be guaranteed that it is not the same as one of the provenanced ones.
E. Rose (NAU), 12 September 1980.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF7838 Monograph: Pryor, F. 1980. A Catalogue of British and Irish Prehistory.. no 28.
<S2> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

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)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Aug 2 2006 2:11PM