Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology Cambridge,transferred from Fitzwilliam Mus. Cambridge,1887 Chatteris
Site: England, cambridgeshire,chatteris
Parish: Chatteris
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 179
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 73
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 512
Patina: Even dark brown patina all over.
Surface: Uneven + battered looking. Not corroded at all. Some bubbles from casting. One hole going right through above stop ridge.
Other: Width: edge 73mm; middle 24mm; butt 18mm,Thickness; 9mm; 34mm
Description: High stop ridge below it a semi-elliptical ornament with a median ridge running through it and down towards blade. Grooves in this ornament are very deep. Blade ornamented with a row of dots finishing in circles at the points.