NHER 16550 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age palstave, medieval box mount and post medieval cloth seal

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Summary

In 1959 a Bronze Age palstave was found at this location. Subsequent fieldwalking and metal detecting here 1982 recovered a prehistoric struck flint, an undated bronze sheet, post medieval cloth seal and a medieval copper alloy openwork mount – possibly from a box.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG00SE
Civil Parish WICKLEWOOD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1959. Location [1]. Found in hoeing sugar beet.
Palstave, 15th century BC, raised transverse ribs on sides. See for comparison Sogel axes of North Germany.
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU) June 1980.
Finds held.
S. Margeson (NCM) July 1980.

August 1982. Found with metal detector and fieldwalking.
Struck flint.
Undated bronze sheet.
Medieval sherds including green glazed Grimston.
Copper alloy openwork cross-shaped mount with niello inlay (from box?). Lead seal (B inscribed on larger disc) - cloth seal?
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM) 12 October 1982.
W. Milligan (NCM) 12 October 1982.

To NAU March 1983.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

May 29 2020 9:57AM

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