Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10758 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age metal find |
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Summary
Part of a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found after a cliff fall in 1952.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 5359 9979 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM59NW |
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| Parish: | HOPTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 1952. Found after cliff fall about 4.6m to 6.1m (15 to 20 feet) high. On shore north of League Hole (formerly Corton parish).
Fragmentary looped palstave (end missing 1971).
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
See photocopies in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Hopton on Sea. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Leicester Mercury. 1952. A Bronze Age axe. 31 July. |
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