Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Shrewsbury Museum, 1964,Presented by the Finder:,J.D. Stokes,New House Farm,Northwood, WEM
Site: England, shropshire,wem rural,wolverley,new house farm,long length field,found while harrowing, spring 1961
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Wem
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1961
Length (mm): 163
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 31
Weight (g): 425
Patina: Grey-green patina cleaned down to metal on ridges.
Surface: Good.
Other: Width: edge 41mm; at ridge 23mm; with loop 32mm; butt 20mm,Thickness: at ridge 31mm,Weight: 15 oz = 425.243 gms
Description: Loop well preserved. Small trident with long midrib on faces. Blade sligtly 'crinoline' form; edge narrow, moderately sharp.Ridges of juncture clean on sides, but rubbed down.
Remarks: 6" O.S. XIV S.W. (Top edge, E of centre) 1" 118 (Shrewsbury) G.R. 475324,Found on a wet clay field that had not been under cultivation for a long time.