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Record ID: NMS-C7B185
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete side looped Palstave axe, of Rowlands, M. J. (1976) class 2, group 1 trident, mid-green patination with areas of surface pitting, smooth surface in between. The flanges to the butt are set low and straight, starting to rise from the surface approx. 1/3 of the length of the septum, the highest point being where the flanges meet the stop ridge (32.9 mm), The blade is relatively narrow, hardly expanding at the cutting edge at all, the cutting edge itself is blunt, this and the lack of cutting edge expansion indicate this axe may have never been sharpened, though the condition of …
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-02655D
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the haft part of a middle to late Bronze Age copper-alloy side-looped palstave axehead. The butt is extant and fairly well preserved. At the other end, the fragment terminates in a worn transverse break. Just before the break, a remnant of the side loop (a small integral lump) projects from one side.
The fragment tapers in width only very slightly from the break to the butt. The flanges on one side are better preserved than the other. Viewed side-on they form a triangle, tapering from the break to a point at the butt. This would be replicated on the other side bu…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-37CA51
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost-complete copper-alloy unlooped palstave of middle Bronze Age date (c. 1600-1400 BC), in very good condition. The blade is broadly sub-triangular, with relatively straight flaring sides which then curve sharply out to a curved convex cutting edge. One corner of this is squared off, apparently an original feature, but the other corner is missing (a very fresh, recent break).
The two faces of the axe are identical. There are three very neat breaks of slope towards the cutting edge and running parallel to it. The upper half of the slope, like the …
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0FE7A1
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the butt-end of a middle to late Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave axehead in a heavily worn and corroded condition. It tapers in thickness from one end to the other and terminates in a worn break at both ends. Part of one of the flanges is extant, on one face only, with a broken or abraded edge. The fragment is better preserved on one face, where the surface remains flat. However, the other surfaces are now pitted and uneven. It is patinated pale green, with a dark grey deposit adhering within the surface hollows. 15th to 9th century B.C.
Length: 35.8mm. Width: 33.3 Thickn…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C636D8
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy unlooped palstave in fairly fresh condition with recent minor damage to the butt, blade and cutting edge and less recent scratches on on one face of the blade. There are no casting seams and hammer marks are faintly visible on one side. Below the stop ridge a low rib defines a shield-shaped motif and this is flanked on both sides by a broader transverse rib. Weight 492g. Length 164mm. Length of septum 67mm. Width of cutting edge 77.4mm. Width of butt 25mm. Thickness 24mm
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Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D35ADB
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single looped (84mm long) Middle Bronze Age palstave. The hafting end of the tool has a squared butt-end to the flat septum which is bounded on either side by tapering slightly convex (in plan view) ridges that increase in depth towards the tool end, curving-in to join and form a semi-circular stop ridge. On one side where the stop ridge meets the septum there is a round deep blind hole penetrating into the head, probably a casting defect caused by trapped air during the casting process. The shoulders forward of the stop ri…
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1E699D
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age palstave axe of typical non side-looped form, with 'shield-shaped' moulding immediately below the stop ridge. Pitted, worn and corroded, damaged butt end and flanges. Length 140mm. Width 55mm. Weighs 290g. c. 1,600 to 1,400 BC.
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-C8BC70
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy (bronze) early / primary looped palstave, group I - shield patterned type - of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC). This palstave axe fits best within the Acton Park II and Taunton metalworking assemblages (Needham Period 5) - both of which conform to Burgess's Metal Working Stage VIII and IX.
The palstave is incomplete (recovered in two pieces); when recombined the overall length of the axehead is approximately 160mm. Width is 66.2mm measured across the blade tips and 22.3mm at the butt-end. The width measured across the upper and&nb…
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2021
Last updated: Saturday 9th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3D0CDA
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palstave axe of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1,600 to 1,400 BC), of typical non side-looped form with a "shield" shaped moulding immediately below the stop ridge. The H shaped hafting channels at the butt are well developed with high side flanges to support the split wood handle, the end of the butt terminates in an oblique angle, this is most likely due to a casting flaw at the top of the mould, it looks unlikely that this is post-depositional damage. The axe is complete, though there are small losses to the thin cutting edge. Most of the surfaces are patinated dark brown, indicative …
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-11B9A1
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palstave axe of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1,600 to 1,400 BC), of typical non side-looped form with a "shield" shaped moulding immediately below the stop ridge. It is of heavily corroded condition, with thin green patination. The extensive surface loss is due to exposure to (now) marine deposition, this is likely to have formed part of a funerary group of implements deposited at the site known as Seahenge, Holme-Next-The-Sea, cf. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 82, Robertson. D,(2016), pp 227-258 , original deposition at the time was inland.
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Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B0C7AA
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy palstave of type Carleton, middle Bronze Age date, Taunton phase (c. 1400-1100 BC), complete except for much of the cutting edge. When viewed from the side, the flanges are rounded. Down one side is a narrow casting seam with hammer marks across it; in the centre of the opposite side is a side-loop.
Viewed from the front or back, the butt and the septum are rectangular. One face has a small casting flaw, a hole in one side of the septum by the stop.On both of the main faces there is a trident moulding just below the stop; this consists of thr…
Created on: Friday 24th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-FB09AD
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy looped palstave with trapezoidal blade. Single side loop and haft with deep flanges. Traces of casting seam running the full length of both sides. Below the stop ridge on both faces there is a trident moulding at the top of a median rib which extends as far as the start of the cutting edge. Length 177mm. Width of blade 40mm. Thickness at stop ridge 32mm. Weight 538g. c.1400 - c.1200 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-73207A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave, the surface with patches of corrosion, much of which is concentrated between the flanges on both faces. Below the stop ridge a low rib defines a rounded shield-shaped motif. Chipped cutting edge. Both sides have a longitudinal casting seam. Weight 389g. Length 151mm. Width 60mm. Thickness 28mm. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5C8318
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy non-looped palstave in very poor condition, with surfaces badly pockmaked and blistered by bronze disease. The breaks are ancient. Almost all of the blade is missing with just a short length beyond the stop ridge present. The side flanges are largely intact but the butt end is damaged. Extant length and width 68 and 26mm. Thickness 20.5mm. Weight 135.13g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-480C5A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small butt-end fragment of a Middle Bronze Age flanged palstave. Worn oblique fracture, pitted dark green patination, damaged edges. Extant length 32mm. Extant width 25mm. Weight 24.60g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-C9B2AD
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age palstave dating to the period c. 1600 - 1400 BC. The butt end exhibits a large notch and traces of damage. The socket is formed by a set of right angled flanges which flank the flat central area and increase in height towards the centre of the blade where they are joined by a horizontal stop ridge, forming an H in cross-section. The flanges are slightly damaged along the topmost edge on both sides, with pitting on the outward facing sides of each flange. Immediately below the stop ridge is a shield shaped depression. The blade has inward-bowing sides which flare towa…
Created on: Monday 14th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
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Record ID: NMS-A8D45E
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave. Straight-sided, damaged wedge-shaped butt end, with side flanges rising to form a stop-ridge with a small loop on one side. Very slightly waisted before expanding with almost straight sides to the slightly curved, damaged and corroded cutting edge. Below the stop-ridge on both faces is a slight longitudinal arris which dies out towards the blade. The casting seams are visible on both sides and most of the edges are damaged and corroded. Length 156mm. Width of cutting edge 57mm. Maximum thickness 35mm.
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 6th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C68D47
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave: No loops, butt damaged, much of the surface of the metal is missing. Both faces with stop ridge, blunt angular damaged edge. Length 38mm. Extant max. width 49mm. Thickness at ridge 29mm. Weight 158g. Middle Bronze Age, 1600 - 1000 BC.
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-CC21CD
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Butt end of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, with a worn ancient break. Extant length 24.5mm. Extant width 23mm. Thickness 7mm. Weight 17.08g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EABD84
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy looped palstave, only the stumps of the loop surviving. Surfaces are pockmarked and some patches are iron stained. Small parts of the flanges and the butt end are missing. Extant length 130mm. Width 55mm. Thickness 31.5mm. Weight 328g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
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