Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1926,Earl of Powis,Powis Castle, Welshpool,8,Now National Museum of Wales,31.62/2
Site: wales,montgomeryshire,welshpool,between pool quay and crowther's coppice or camp,"guildfield hoard"
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 152
Width (mm): 29
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 32
Weight (g): 440
Patina: Green
Other: Width: edge 45mm; middle 29mm; butt 22mm,
Associations: Part of a bronze worker's hoard found with other implements and numerous pieces of unused bronze.
Description: Good condition.
Publications: Guilsfield Hoard,Mont. Coll. Vol. III p. 438,Arch Camb. Vol X (3rd S) p.212