Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2739 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age palstave |
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Summary
In around 1904-5 a Bronze Age palstave was found in Wretham. This example had no loop and a rather corroded blade.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Around 1904-1905. Stray Find.
Ribbed palstave (132mm long).
Shield below steep ridge - no loop rather corroded 53mm across blade.
Held by Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography (S1).
Information from record cards (S2) and (S3).
See also journal (S4).
R. R. Clarke (NCM). Amended by P. Beers (HES), 13 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> | Article in Serial: 1908. Appendix No. II. List of local objects purchased for the museum with the grants made by the society to December 1905. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiqarian Society. Vol XII (New Series Vol VI) pp 12-13. p 12. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Wretham (West). |
| <S3> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: 1904. Clark's Class I.. Antiquaries Journal. Vol XX, p 64. |
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