Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum,54 7 14 200,purchased from Collection of Mr. Cooke of Parsonstown, 1854.
Site: Ireland
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 135
Width (mm): middle 31; butt 31
Edge (mm): 65
Thickness (mm): 7; 36
Weight (g): 514.8
Patina: Light green, chocolate between wings & below stop.
Surface: corroded.
Description: Edge & wongs chipped. Slightly hollowed for about 21 mm below stop, leaving a raised bar in centre.