NHER 24206 (Find Spot record) - Middle Bronze Age palstave

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Summary

A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age palstave found by metal detecting.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF61NE
Civil Parish MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

October 1987. Metal detecting find. [1].
Grid reference supplied by finder.
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age palstave blade.
See (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) December 1987.

PAS details awaited - recorded out of county. [2].
Expanded to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 2 February 2026.

KLMD032026 - PAS details awaited. [4].
Finder's field 'Castle Field' - see [5].
P. Watkins (HES), 11 March 2026.

FDKL14032026 - PAS details awaited. [6].
Finder's field 'Castle Field' - see [5].
P. Watkins (HES), 24 March 2026.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Wymer, J. 1987. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave fragment. Paper. 1:1.
  • PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 600 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon - 1052 AD to 1053 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1182 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 24 2026 10:24AM

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