Object: Palstave
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: TRILL, Mr. E. - private no.3,(3),Pine Lodge, Fairley Park, Ringwood, Hants
Site: dorset,alderholt
Parish: Alderholt
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 1073/1190
Year of discovery: NA
Weight (g): 160.4
Patina: few small areas of grey-green
Surface: few small areas of grey-green p; rest flaked/pocked to pale & light green dry sur.,ATTACHED MATERIAL: patches of orange to buff soil staining
Other: No drawing.
Associations: 7a. AREA FIND
Description: TYPOLOGY:elongated hexagonal bl. section; remains of fine rib emphasising blade angle - bordering of original internal ribs - but not certainly lower; int. ribs diverge with bl. & almost certainly short; rev. dec. uncertain, but v. faint hints of sim. ribs,MANUFACTURE: two low bumps on side prob. remains of eg. fl. rather then broken loop; one or two medium blow-holes in bullen surfaces,CONDITION: two major breaks ancient; rest prob. substantially intact except sur.
Remarks: PIF,AFI,SI,CI,DF: S,Rec.: Sn. July 79,Source: Sb. A.,Sub. Inf.: P. Saunders - Salisbury Mus.