Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6513 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age palstave from north of Hempnall Hill |
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy looped palstave was found by hoeing a field.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0963 3743 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NE |
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| Parish: | HEMPSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1955. Found by owners son while hoeing. Ordnance Survey 173.1. 137m (150 yards) north of Hempnall Hill.
Bronze looped palstave, (S1).
See (S2).
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. Hempstead. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Unknown. 1955. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy looped palstave.. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Archive: British Museum. 1913 onwards. Bronze Age Index. |
Related records - none
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