NHER 4030 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age palstaves
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CASTLE ACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
2 Palstaves.
1 of which is dated 1864 with vertical ribs above 2 converging ribs below the stop ridge, looped 110mm.
The other has vertical ribs in the hollow above the stop ridge, 163mm long, no loop.
Both of Clarke's (NCM) Class III.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Does (S3), before 1842, refer to palstave or to flanged axe?
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Probably yes.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Same as Goddard-Johnson's 'celt from Castle Acre'?
See (S4).
E. Rose (NAU)
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Castle Acre.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 81 NW 16.
- <S1> SNF2004 Article in Serial: Clark, J. G. D. and Godwin, H. 1940. A Late Bronze Age Find near Stuntney, Isle of Ely. Antiquaries Journal. Vol XX pp 52-71. p 66.
- <S2> SNF1427 Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum. Nos 234-235.
- <S3> SNF719 Publication: 1830. Woodward Correspondance. p.61.
- <S4> SNF5720 Publication: Dawson Turner. Mss 23,027. p.80.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 1 2016 12:53PM