Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Hampshire Co. Museum Service,ex-Zillwood, Mr. M.A. -private (no. 2)
Site: England, hampshire,minstead,clay hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Minstead
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 287 118
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 157
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 27
Weight (g): 446
Surface: Grassy green patina - slightly mottled shades intact over much; corr. lumps and bad pocking scattered - bluey-green
Description: Dimensions: EL 157.2mm; EWe 48.2mm; EWbt 25.2mm; EBfg. 28.3mm; MinTst. 27mm (+?); T sep 7.5mm; Wt. 445.6 gms,Typology: central raised ridge on bl. flanked at top by triang.; diffuse bev at top of sep. hollows and where surviving stop and fg. crests tend to be flattened; bl sides recently double facetted; on sep. floor more rounded in cross section than other - sub. rect. ends with traces of 2 short ribs (left one prom. on one face),Manufacture: little dimpling of fg. sides prob from moulding; stumps of cg. fls on upper sides; fully removed on blade (where gmks mainly longitudinal - poss. recent); remnants of e. bev and hmks on lower blade; some tr. of flow ripples in rev. sep,Condition: loop broken in ant.; central part of blade edge probably just corr. chipped - rest were substantially damaged - poss. partly in ant.; part of bl. outline lost through corr.; crests on one face badly damaged - rev. fg. and dec virtually intact; rest of scmks prob. recent.,Attached material: yellow brown soil matrix in patches - parts richer ochre-brown