Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17968 |
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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 unlooped copper alloy palstave was found on the surface of a field in 1974.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 595 964 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL59NE |
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| Parish: | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1974. Found on field surface.
Palstave, unlooped.
To KLM 3 September 1976. Object not seen.
Finder gave the axe to a farmworker and in 1976 was trying to retrieve it for the museum.
R. Trett (KLM), 1976.
Card given to NCM 1976 but not passed on to NAU until February 1982.
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. |
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