Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carisbrooke Museum. 7. G.,acquired from the Ryde Museum. 1915.6
Site: England, (isle of wight).,ryde.,st. john's park.,found in laying the foundation of leavington house.,1858.
Discovery context: building work 
Parish: Ryde
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1858
Length (mm): 165
Edge (mm): 64
Weight (g): 431
Patina: Greenish patina
Surface: mossy surface.
Other: 3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Object is fairly corroded, more on one side than other.,Loop is intact, centred slightly below stop, loop hole relatively small.,Strong midrib below stop running almost halfway down face of blade.,Blade widens slowly about halfway down face, then widening increases to edge.,Edge somewhat crescent shaped.,Septum floor somewhat rounded.,Flanges extend mostly to butt.,Butt worn, but fairly intact compared to other specimens in this hoard.
Associations: It is part of a hoard of 12; the present abode of three of these is uncertain.
Publications: Lockhart, C., Guide to the Isle of Wight (1870) p.36.,Wilkins Dr., History of the Isle of Wight (1859) p.52.