Object: PALSTAVE
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: DORCHESTER MUSEUM 1884. 9. 21
Site: dorset,dorchester,eglesham meadow
Parish: Dorchester
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SY 69 90
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 149
Edge (mm): 51
Other: Geolocation reference taken from - http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=453452,Very little info on card.,3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Palstave is looped, loop is badly damaged, only slight stumps remain.,Casting marks visible.,Palastave is badly pitted and corroded.,Triangular ornamentation below stop with short midrib attached, runs about halfway down face of blade.,Flanges fairly damaged, midpoint of flanges is the widest point on object.  Flanges taper about halfway up septum.,Septum narrows at stop.,Edge relatively flat.,Butt slightly rounded.
Associations: 1b HOARD / 7b. GROUP
Remarks: PI,AFI,CI,SI