Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Unknown,formerly Haywards Heath, Cuckfield Urban District Council Offices.
Site: England, west sussex,haywards heath,cuckfield,copyhold lane
Parish: Cuckfield
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 313,238
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 171
Edge (mm): 67
Associations: 8b: Single Find
Description: Circumstances: "some time ago, Dr. Orley dug up on his allotment on Mr. Brett's land in Copyhold Lane, Cuckfield, about 3/4 of a mile east of the Parish Church, a bronze palstave, measuring 6 3/4 in. (171.45mm) in length and 2 5/8 in. (66.675mm) across cutting edge" (a); old NBI card adds "found at Littleshaw, Copyhold Lane..."
Publications: a) Taylor 1996-7.
Remarks: PRBAF: SI,Ext.: CI x 2,Source" R/NBI,Rec: SN, Nov. 79,Old Cards: 1