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Find Spot record MDR4041 - Palstave, Blake Low, Great Longstone

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  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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"Bronze palstave or axe - with the sides of handle turned up and forming a partial socket on each side" found in ploughing over a tumulus at Blake Low, near Longstone, 1846. Acc. No. J.93 - 481. (1). This is a palstave with large flanges. The Museum have no siting evidence. (2)

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Howarth, E. 1899. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection of Antiquities in the Sheffield Public Museum. p83.
  • <2> Personal Observation: F1 FDC 13-JAN-66.

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Grid reference Centred SK 218 735 (100m by 100m) (Centre)
Civil Parish GREAT LONGSTONE, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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  • EDR1057

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Record last edited

Dec 10 2007 4:20PM

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