NHER 2617 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age copper alloy palstave

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Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was recovered in 1964 in this area, though the exact location of the discovery is disputed.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF70SW
Civil Parish OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

19 September 1964. Stray Find.
Picked up by [1] on surface of field around 450m north of Oxborough Hall:
1 Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave. See annotated drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 May 2018.

1978.
On loan to Oxborough Hall where provenance is given as "about 1 mile north of Hall".
E. Rose (NAU).
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 May 2018.

1997.
Palstave still on display at Oxborough Hall.
Information from (S4)
D. Gurney (NLA), 28 October 1997.

  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 SW 18.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1964. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave. Card. 1:1.
  • <S2> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Oxbough.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S4> Recording Form: Norfolk Museum Service and Norfolk Historic Environment Service Staff. 1974?-2016. Data Transfer Forms. Norfolk County Council. NHER 2617.
  • PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2020 5:45PM

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