Accession No
1938.459 B
Description
Palstave - No loop. Broad, almost straight blade. Narrow waist on blade; End of haft hammered; Indistinct shield
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Stapleford; Gog Magog Hills
Period
Bronze Age Later
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1938.459 B; MAA: 1938.459
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The spelling of the house name is unclear; Found: Found by workmen digging foundations for a house called " Glen Imhor" on the Gogmagog Hills, on the road from Stapleford to Babraham; Collected in 1938; Ref. Plate: No. 371. Plate 30
Event Date 12/9/1988
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
No loop. Broad, almost straight blade. Narrow waist on blade; End of haft hammered; Indistinct shield
Event Date 12/9/1988
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Lethbridge, T.C., O'Reilly, M., Palmer, W.M. and Heichelheim, F.M. 1940. 'Archaeological Notes'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol. XXXIX. pp. 93-97. pl. II.b.
Event Date 27/6/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (CMS Context)
The palstave has been incorrectly marked 'SHELFORD' in white ink as well as being marked 'CAMBRIDGE'. The Place field previously stated that this object was found '?Babraham; ?Stapleford' however in reference to the PCAS vol. XXXIX p. 94 (see Bib) it states that it was found 'on the road which runs from Stapleford to the Babraham road, across a part of the Gogmagog Hills'. The place field has therefore been amended to read Gogmagog Hills.
Event Date 27/6/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (CMS Description)
'Bronze palstave, 17 cm. long, without loop, narrow; short flanges, high stopridge with narrow 'pinched' hollow below it; thin blade, well expanded, but wuth convex outline and no bevel; unevenly cast, the line showing the join of the 2 halves of the mould not being central. Not in Evans, but one of similar type from Stretham is in the museum collection. Found by workmen making foundations for a house called Glen Imhor, on the road from Stapleford to Hills Rd., 1938. C.A.S.' - Catalogue Card
Event Date 27/6/2014
Author: maa
FM:10377
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