Record Details

NHER Number:8477
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age palstave

Summary

In 1960 a looped Bronze Age palstave was brought to the surface at this location by a potato machine.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3432 1461
Map Sheet:TG31SW
Parish:WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

13th October 1960. Brought to surface by potato machine from 30-46cm (12-18in) deep.
Looped palstave. Length: 115mm, width 47mm.
Drawing (S1) in the Illustration Library.
T. Clough (NAU).

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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 31 SW 10.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 5.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Woodbastwick.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Unknown. Unknown. Drawing of a Bronze Age palstave.. Film. 1:1.

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