Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Herts County Museum, St. Albans.,lent by Capt. J.H. Ball, RAF.
Site: Ireland,Kildare or King's Co.,Bog of Allan
Discovery context: bog
Parish: Allan
County: County Kildare
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 134.5
Width (mm): middle 27.5; butt 22
Edge (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 36; 7; 35
Weight (g): 357.91
Patina: traces of patina of drak brown.
Surface: smooth, cleaned. light & dark golden bronze
Description: Sides are hammer marked. Below the stop is a shield, hollowed, & round this, a very slightly raised rim.