Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1923,13/11-2-04,Major H. Powell Colton,Quex Park, Birchington
Site: England, Kent, birchington (near),southend brickfield at a spot approx. 200 feet from west corner of girls' national school + 510 feet from sw corner of no. 1 dadinga),3 feet below surface
Parish: Birchington
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 162
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 56
Thickness (mm): 20
Weight (g): 274
Surface: Much corroded. Very rough nearly all over, through heavy encrustment of medium green colour.
Other: Width; edge 56mm; middle 22.5mm; butt 21mm,Thickness: 20mm; 8mm; 24.5mm; 9mm,Weight: 274.5 gms
Associations: One of a hoard of 14 palstaves found in an Earthen Bowl.
Publications: Ant. Journ. IV.3,R.F. Jessup, 'Kent' 100, 252