Context (Field collection)
Downham Fen Hoard.
Rowlands gives the provenance as being in Cambridgeshire although nowhere is this definitively stated as being the case. The provenance may be either near to Downham Market in Norfolk or Little Downham in Cambridgeshire.
Collected in - 1 1859.
'C.A.S. Register reads: "Downham, Norfolk" S-J Harknett 27/9/2004'
Event Date 1859
Author: maa

Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. pl. VIII no. 2A. Ref. Plate: Figure 1; Plate 8.2; No. 246; No. 8. Plate 8.2a
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Display)
Previously on display in archaeology gallery, Case 35, Clarke Gallery 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Loop. Surface pitted. Edge of blade damaged. Broad rib
Event Date 18/11/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy flanged axehead or palstave. Slightly flared, triangular blade with sloping body of rectangular cross-section; pronounced stop-ridge. Low rib along centre of blade. Single, wide loop.
Event Date 13/10/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe