Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,F.J. Constable Curtis Esq,The Manor House, Ganarew. Monmouth.,1920
Site: England, herefordshire,ross.,1/16" below surface in garden of merrivale, ross. 1912.
Discovery context: gardening 
Parish: Ross.
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 129
Edge (mm): 49
Weight (g): 272.86
Patina: Olive green Patina much chipped in places, showing pale green & red stains.
Other: 2 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Loop centered just above stop.  Loop is intact but text shows that it is cracked. Appears to be a transverse crack on portion above stop.,Short side and mid ridges below stop, side ridges taper with a slight curve inward toward midrib.,Stop and flanges rounded almost to a socket on side-profile. Stop swept back slightly towards butt.,Flanges end slightly before butt.,Butt notched with a small v-shape.,Blade narrows just below stop then widens to edge bevel.,Edge crescent-shaped.
Description: Loop cracked. & edge blunted.,When found it was surrounded by a mass of Marly clay