Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carisbrooke Museum,4
Site: England, isle of wight,near fairlee?,found during the construction of the newport and ryde railway.
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Fairlee
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 142
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 58
Thickness (mm): 26
Weight (g): 401
Other: Width: edge 57.5mm; centre 27mm,Thickness: 27.5mm; 10mm
Associations: Part of a hoard of 31 palstaves, weighing altogether 10,304 gms.
Description: Much oxidised and damaged.