Object: PALSTAVE
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: PRIVATE (1980) Mr R. Steiner
Site: England, dorset,cranbourne
Parish: Cranbourne
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 048 174
Year of discovery: NA
Patina: Green-brown
Surface: Green-brown patina
Other: 3 cross section drawings on reverse.,Loop is intact, angles down towards blade side.,Flanges very narrow and shallow.,Slight crack in butt.
Description: TYPOLOGY: Palstave, looped, narrow blade, prominent stop in profile, slightly convex Angles end before butt, casting floor visible on sides,MANUFACTURE: slight assymetrical wear on blade, stop slightly undercut on septum side.,CONDITION: complete
Remarks: found by Mr R Steiner, forman at Blangdon Farm, whilst walking over a stubble field in 1980