Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester Museum,Dale Collection (14),313.1-26/10
Site: England, hampshire,near southampton,pear tree green,1898,2 ft. deep
Parish: Southampton
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1898
Length (mm): 162
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 46
Thickness (mm): 32
Weight (g): 354
Patina: br/gr dark patina with powdery green surface. active corrosion (bz disease) 25/6/74
Other: Width: edge 46mm; centre 23mm; butt 19mm,Thickness: 32mm; 8mm,Weight: 354.37 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard of 41 or more palstaves
Description: Slightly broken at butt, and much broken at edge. Cracked across above centre.
Remarks: Broken in half,inacc. see new index