Find Spot record MDO2683 - Palstave from Forde Grange, Thorncombe

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Late Bronze Age palstave ploughed up in Hopkins Field before 1954.

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A Late Bronze Age palstave, ploughed up in Hoskins Field on Forde Grange farm (ST 3604), was purchased by Dorset County Museum in 1954. The palstave, five inches long and unlooped with no ridge on the blade, was found within ten inches of ground surface, close to a filled in drainage trench. (1)

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  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1956. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1954. 76. 97.
  • <2> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 191506.

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Location

Grid reference ST 366 046 (point)
Map sheet ST30SE
Civil Parish Thorncombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 112 049
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 30 SE 8
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 191506

Record last edited

Apr 4 2022 1:47PM

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