Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Bideford Museum,Presented by Hugo Cox
Site: England, devon,appledore (3 m. north of bideford),"dug up in excavating to make the foundations for a wall."
Parish: Appledore
County: Devon
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 116
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 35
Weight (g): 252
Patina: Thick green patina nearly all over, except in a few spots which are dark brown.
Surface: Extremely rough
Other: Width: edge 38mm; butt 25mm
Description: Very poor condition, the whole of the surface being 'in extremis' of oxidisation, rough with green barnacle-like lumps [obbled?] about on the durface. Top and bottom edge of one flange broken at buttend. No traces of loops. There are traces just distinguishable of three raised ribs below stop-ridge, coverging into one, which runs down the cutting edge thus: [illust.].
Remarks: Originally labelled in Brideford Museum as "Probably date 878 AD" (Date of local battle with Danes)