Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carisbrooke Museum,2.B,Presented by Sir John Simeon, Bart. M.P. to the Isle of Wight Philosophical Society in the Museum at Ryde 1870
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): 152
Width (mm): 28
Edge (mm): 51
Thickness (mm): 25
Weight (g): 298
Other: Width: edge 51mm; centre 28mm,Thickness: 25mm; 8mm
Associations: It seems to be part of a hoard of 12; the present abode of 3 of them is uncertain.
Description: Unlooped, with sunken shield ornament on both sides. The seam, formed by the infiltration of metal during casting between the two halves of the mould, is strongly marked on one side, causing one half of the implement to be broader than the other.
Publications: Lockhart, C., Guide to the Isle of Wight (1870), p. 36,Wilkins, Dr., History of the Isle of Wight (1859), p. 52