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| HER Number | MWB10154 |
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| Record Type | Find Spot |
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| Name | In Donnington Grove Pond |
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Summary
PALSTAVE FOUND AT DONNINGTON GROVE BEFORE 1895 AT A DEPTH OF 13FT, WHEN CLEANING OUT A POND.
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000534: Donnington Grove
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01489.00.000
- National Monuments Record No.: SU 46 NE 36
SU 459 687
Monument Type(s):
- FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
Full Description
A bronze palstave was found whilst cleaning out the lake at Donnington Grove, some time before 1908 according to Peake <1>. This date seems late as he also references the Transactions of the Newbury Field Club of 1886-1895 <2>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Peake, H. 1931. The Archaeology of Berkshire. P53;228. [Monograph / SWB10018] |
| <02> | Newbury District Field Club. 1886-95. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1886-95 VOL 4. P205. [Article in serial / SWB10455] |
| <03> | Newbury District Field Club. 1930. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1930 VOL 6 NO 1. P38. [Article in serial / SWB7133] |
| <04> | Newbury District Field Club. 1938. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1938 VOL 8 NO 1. P22 P16 in The Bronze Age implements of the Newbury Region by V Roskill. [Article in serial / SWB10473] |
| <05> | Ditchfield and Page (eds). 1906. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks I 1906. Vol 1. p195. [Monograph / SWB10017]
https://archive.org/details/victoriahistoryo01ditcuoft (Accessed on 22/12/2021) |
| <06> | Coghlan, H H. 1970. BRITISH AND IRISH BA IMPLEMENTS IN THE BOROUGH OF NEWBURY MUSEUM. P11-12. [Unpublished document / SWB8510] |
Related Monuments
| MWB6284 | Donnington Grove (Park) (Landscape) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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