Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2618 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age copper alloy palstave |
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found in this area on or before 1910. The exaction location and circumstances of the discovery are unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Stray find. On or before 1910.
Copper alloy palstave with shield like depression beneath stop ridge and bevelled cutting edge of 5 1/4 inches (14.5cm).
The object is held by the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM 1910.22.1, formerly in the Below Collection NWHCM 1910.22.08) [1].
Information from record cards (S1), (S2), (S3).
Also included in catalogue (S4).
Amended by H. Hamilton (HES), 10 July 2020.
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
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Oxbough. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 SW 17. |
| <S3> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S4> | Publication: Norfolk Museums Service. 1966. Bronze Age Metalwork in Norwich Castle Museum. No. 18. |
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