Record Details

NHER Number:5506
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age palstave (King's Lynn, poorly located)

Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found at King's Lynn before 1877.

Images - none

Location

Parish:KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Bronze palstave with loop.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

'Near King's Lynn'.
E. Rose (NAU).

The British Museum Catalogue provides the following further information:
Copper alloy palstave, looped. Middle Bronze Age. Found King's Lynn. Purchased by the British Museum from Rollin & Feuardent auction house, accessioned in 1877. Not on display.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 26 July 2018.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

Associated Finds

  • PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 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. King's Lynn.

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