Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11958 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age palstave |
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Summary
A Bronze Age palstave, made of copper alloy, found in 1968.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5836 0179 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF50SE |
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| Parish: | DOWNHAM WEST, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 1968.
'A copper alloy palstave was found when hoeing a field on Chapel Farm, Salter's Lode. It was deposited in King's Lynn Museum who date it between 1400 and 1000 BC'.
See (S1) and (S2).
Finder showed Ordnance Survey inspectors the exact spot.
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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 50 SE 6 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Lynn Advertiser. 1968. [unknown]. 24 May. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Lynn Advertiser. 1968. [unknown]. 26 May. |
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