Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10417 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age metal find (Reedham, poorly located) |
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Summary
A Bronze Age copper alloy palstave was found at an unknown location in the 19th century.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | REEDHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 1880. Stray Find.
From Reedham:
1 Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, 152mm long, strong side and stop ridges. Fine patina, oval indentation below stop ridges; wide blade.
Held by the British Museum (1880,0802.70).
Information from (S1).
As noted on (S1), this may be the "bronze celt" from Reedham that was exhibited by Mr Fitch at a meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society in May 1869 (S2). See also (S3)
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2016.
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 40 SW 7. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Reepham. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: 1872. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VII pp 349-374. p 358. |
| <S3> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 277. |
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