Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 1933.4.6.125
Site: England,Sussex (West),Beacon Hill,Elsted,"Buried in chalk beneath a layer of flint about a foot thick"
Discovery context: hill
Parish: Elsted
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 81 19
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 152
Width (mm): 19
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 35
Weight (g): 430
Patina: Dark green patina of various shades.
Surface: Polished surface. Traces of light earth round loop and decoration.
Other: Thickness: 35mm; 14mm
Associations: One of a hoard of 5.
Description: Found in chalk beneath a layer of flints about a foot thick. Well preserved.
Publications: Proc. Soc. of Antiq.: 2nd Series, XXIII, 376