Record Details

NHER Number:9002
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age palstave

Summary

Sometime prior to 1853 a Bronze Age palstave was recovered from an unspecified location in Wretham. The exact location and circumstances of its discovery are not known.

Images - none

Location

Parish:WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Before 1853.
Palstave with strong central rib looped, 6.5in (161mm) long .
Held by NCM (formerly part of the Fitch collection).
See (S1) and Bronze Age index.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

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. Wretham.
<S1>Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. p 25; No 270.

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