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Find Spot record MDR4753 - Bronze palstave, Horsley Castle

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Bronze celt "near Horsley Castle, about 1840." (1) Bronze palstave, or half-socketed celt, imperfect, 5 inches long. Found near Horsley Castle, Derbyshire, J.93-492. (2) SK 37 43. Bronze palstave listed in survey. Presented to Bateman by Mr Roberts of Derby in 1844. (3)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Bateman, T. 1899. Catalogue of the Bateman Antiquities in Sheffield Public Museum. pp8. p. 9.
  • <2> Personal Observation: F1 JB 10-OCT-66.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Vine, D M. 1982. Neolithic & Bronze Age Cultures of the Middle & Upper Trent Basin. BAR 105.. p. 193.

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Location

Grid reference SK 376 431 (point) (Centre)
Civil Parish HORSLEY, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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  • EDR972

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Record last edited

Sep 1 2016 11:25AM

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