NHER 4597 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age palstave and axehead
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Boundary between south and north Pickenham.
Ribbed palstave with converging lines below stop-ridge, looped (174mm long).
Held by NCM, formerly part of Beloe Collection. See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
(Clarke's Class III) (Bryant says 1847 or 1851 - E. Rose (NAU)).
Fine bronze celt from here according to E. Farrer 1853 (D. R. Manning Collection Antiquities).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Sporle.
- --- 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 80 NE 31.
- <S1> SNF1427 Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum.
- <S2> SNF1062 Article in Serial: Beloe, E. M. 1896. The Padders' Way and its Attendant Roads. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiqarian Society. Vol IX (New Series Vol III) pp 77-95. p 89.
- <S3> 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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 31 2016 9:13AM