Pits Field Brades farm, SMRNO02684

Grid Reference:SJ 541 330

Map

Detail

SMR Reference Number	SMRNO02684
SMR System Number	SMRSYSTEMNOCCS:MSA1738
Monument Name	Pits Field Brades farm
Monument Summary	This site represents: a findspot of Bronze Age date.

Monument Type and Period

Date range	Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC
Monument Type(s)	FINDSPOT
Monument Evidence	FIND

Description and sources

Monument Description
Palstave found during ploughing, winter 1978/9 on Brades Farm. Finder could not be sure that the field of the NGR was correct. Depth of plough c 10ins. Dr Susan Limbrey matched soil adhering to palstave to that from Pits Field-the only clayey field in the vicinity. Length 173mm x width (edge) 75mm (butt) 25mm (stop ridge) x thickness (stop ridge) 33mm (septum 7.7mm x weight 591gm. Acton Park Phase -early midribbed type<1>
Source Summary		<01>Unpublished document,Tyler A W,1979,Notes, 1979
Source Summary		<03>Graphic material,Tyler A W,1979,Drawing
Source Summary		<02>Unpublished document,Needham S,1980,NBII
Source Summary		<04>Photograph,Tyler A W,1979,Slide
Source Summary		<05>Photograph,Watson M D,1979,Brades Farm
Source Summary	SMR Card for PRN SA 02684	SMR Card for PRN SA 02684<00>Unpublished document,Shropshire County Council SMR,,Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards

Location Information

OS Grid Reference	SJ 541 330
Topology	Point
Input Precision	Within 100 Meters of Grid Reference
Map Sheet Reference	SJ53SW
Civil Parish	Prees, North Shropshire, Shropshire
Civil Parish	Prees, North Shropshire, Shropshire

Related Events

1979 observation by Shropshire County Council: Event - Survey: 1979 observation by Shropshire County Council. See CCS:ESA2645

Related Resources

Brades Farm palstave axe (image)

This Bronze Age (2300 B.C. - 700 B.C.) palstave axe was found during ploughing on Brades Farm in Prees during the winter of 1978. Bronze smelting was a major technical feat. Copper ore and tin (or arsenic) would need to be gathered, either directly mined