Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge,pres. by J.J. Martin, Esq.
Site: England, cambridgeshire,quy
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Stow-cum-quy
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 137
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 64
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 380
Patina: Dark brown patina and metal showing through.
Surface: Fairly smooth and fairly shiny.
Other: Width; edge 64mm; middle 26mm; butt 28.5mm,Thickness: 29mm; 6mm
Description: Very shallow semi-elliptical ornament below stop ridge. Ornament is divided by a short ridge.
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes. 27. no catalogue found yet.,Bronzes 72. Numbers to be found in a catalogue named "Museum of Archaeology",Cambridge Antiquarian Society Catalogue, 120, May 1884