Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: c/o C.W. Pilkington-Rogers esq.,School House, Metford, Nottinghamshire.,The owner (Mr. Phillipson) (October 1937) is anxious to give it to Museum; it will probably go to Univ. Collection Nottingham
Site: England, nottinghamshire,gamston,(3.5 m. se of metford).,found by mr. r. m. phillipson on yew tree farm: the soil is sandy with a good deal of loose stone; found on the surface. so far as the farmer (mr. phillipson) knows, the ground has never been disturbed by more than ploughing to a depth of say 8 inches.
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Gamston
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 174
Width (mm): 62
Weight (g): 432
Patina: Mottled patina: blue, green and brown in patches.
Surface: Rough
Description: Poor specimen; cutting edge very blunt and chipped away, and one corner of it missing; horseshoe depression below stop ridge; side flanges rough and two of them have broken edges, one of these fractures being due to casting flaws, visible in the form of small holes in the thickness of the flange. Casting flaws also visible in channel between flanges, irregular butt, one side of which is smooth and polished (probably in modern times).