Record Details

NHER Number:4174
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age palstave

Summary

A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found. This may be the same as a 'brass celt' found on Goddard-Johnson's Farm in 1828. The exact nature and location of this discovery is unclear.

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Location

Parish:LITTLE DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Bronze palstave 135mm long.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

?Same as brass celt found on Goddard-Johnson's Farm 1828?
See (S1).

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

---Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. p 23; No 237.
---Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index.
---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. Dunham (Little).
<S1>Serial: 1830. Woodward Correspondance.. p 80.

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