Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection (1923),Major H. Powell Colton,Quex Park, Birchington,2/14-2-04
Site: England, Kent, birchington,in a brickyard near the village (southend brickfield at a spot approx. 200 feet from west corner of girls' national school and 510 feet from sw corner of no. 1 dadinga).,3 feet below surface
Parish: Birchington
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 172
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 58
Thickness (mm): 23
Weight (g): 506
Patina: Matte patina light green.
Surface: Rough. Very slightly encrusted on one side of blade. Brown stained.
Other: Width: edge 58mm; middle 25mm; butt 21mm,Thickness: 28mm; 9mm; 26mm; 10mm; 27mm,Weight: 505.57 gms
Associations: One of a hoard of 14 Palstaves found in an Earthen Bowl.
Publications: Ant. Journ. IV.3.,R.F. Jessup, 'Kent' 100.252
Remarks: Blade thickens towards edges on one face: no blade flanges.