Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum. from H. Waters Esq. May 10th 1904.
Site: England, essex,southchurch
Parish: Southchurch
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 167
Edge (mm): 60
Weight (g): 506.75
Patina: medium green colour
Surface: rough. corroded all over. Light earth adheres.
Other: 3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Shield ornamentation? below stop bisected with rib through the middle.,Three ribs of different lengths above stop in septum running about halfway to butt.,Edge and butt worn,Flanges narrow and somewhat decayed.
Description: The cast marks are plain. & the decoration on Septum is very indistinct.
Publications: see Evan's Plate 60