Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4173 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age palstave |
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found in Great Dunham in 1782. The exact location and nature of its discovery are unclear.
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Location
Full description
1782.
'Very perfect celt, found at Great Dunham in Norfolk in 1782. Given me by ?H....ixin 22 Ju..1783' was written on the label of a Bronze Age palstave.
'Brass celts having also been found in this village'.
See (S1).
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. Dunham (Great). |
| <S1> | Archive: Goddard Johnson. MSS NRO. Vol 2 f.100. |
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