Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1923,F. Drinkwater Esq. MRCVS,26 Victoria Drive, West Kirby,From the Collection of his uncle, the late Rev. C.H. Drinkwater,Vicar of St. George's Shrewsbury, 1872 IS, 1923,Shrewsbuty Museum
Site: England, shropshire,shrewsbury,meole brace,hamwood road,s.e. side of road about 1.2 way between hanwood and shrewsbury,in edgebold brickfield in a pocket of grey gravel in boulder clay 4.5-5 feet deep.,about 1897 or 8.
Parish: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SJ 4685 1122
Year of discovery: 1897
Length (mm): 152
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 59
Thickness (mm): 34
Weight (g): 368
Patina: Overlaying patina brown on butt end and down part of faces. Caked with powdery blue green.
Surface: Clay adheres in patches. Golden bronze metal shows near edge, this is rough. The side A, worn down to grey and purple metal.
Other: Width: edge 59mm; middle 25mm; butt 23mm,Thickness: 34mm; 27mm; 8mm,Weight: 368.05 gms
Associations: 1a Hoard: Found with another Palstave and a chisel by Thomas Jones, 14 The Mount, Shrewsbury: sold to the late Mr. Drinkwater by Wynn, antique dealer, Shrewsbury.
Description: This has been finished off by hammering. Edge is blunt. Raised rib below stop is worn. Cast marks show.
Publications: Salop, S.A.M. no 122.
Remarks: SI; CI; AFI