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Object name(s):
arms and armour? * Nottingham and Notts.; axe head/socketed
Brief description:
"Palstave; bronze (found during excavation at Chapel Bar, Nottingham, 1933). Middle Bronze Age, c.1000 BC." [Register]
Collection:
Nottingham Museums
Acquisition date:
12.07.1933
Acquisition method:
purchase
Acquisition note:
Found in 1933. From old card index - Bought from Mr.S.Barratt, Radcliffe on Trent, for 7/6. Found during excavations on Chapel Bar, 1933.
Acquisition source:
Barrett/Mr S.
Associated concept:
archaeology Nottingham
Associated concept:
Bronze Age
Field collection place:
CHAPEL BAR, NOTTINGHAM
Material:
bronze
Object name:
arms and armour (polearms)? * Nottingham and Notts.; axe head/socketed
Object number:
NCM 1933-243
Object production date:
850=750BC
Date - association:
maker
Text:
From old museum label -'Socketed axehead. Late Bronze Age c.800BC. Chapel Bar, Nottingham, 1933.'
Text reason:
caption
Use note:
Previously displayed at Nottingham castle - dates yet to be defined.

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e9a0fe84-849b-3720-8e84-85c57eb302ab

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e9a0fe84-849b-3720-8e84-85c57eb302ab, Nottingham Museums, CC BY

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