NHER 16964 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age metal find

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Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found in a garden in 1979.

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Map sheet TG32NW
Civil Parish HONING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1979. Surface find in garden of 4 Eastway, though sewage pipes laid in 1978. Bronze palstave, Acton Park II type, with shield decoration, unlooped. Identified by A. Lawson (NAU), July 1980.
Information from HER Record Card (S1).
Original description and drawing by Norwich Castle Museum.
Photograph (S2) by Norwich Castle Museum and copy lodges with the Historic Environment Record.
S. Margeson (NCM), 6 January 1981. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 11 March 2026.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
  • PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2026 12:13PM

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