Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Wright, Master - private,87 Deancroft Road, Eastcote
Site: England, greater london,hillingdon l.b.,eastcote,87 deancroft road
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Hillingdon
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 113 883
Year of discovery: 1977
Length (mm): 118
Surface: reed green patina; substantial areas pocked and flaked to pale green dry surface.
Associations: 8. Single
Description: Dimensions: L 118mm,Typology: medial ridge on blade not particularly well defined; edge bevel not a distinct line; stops undercut; slight medial ridge in one septum,Manufacture: remains of cg. flashes; hammer marks on parts of blade,Condition: edge blunt; and butt & flange crests damaged by corrosion,Attached material: orange - pale buff soil adhering
Remarks: Found early 1977; struck about 2-3 feet down when turning over the ground in preparation for a vegetable plot; a hole had been dug earlier in another part of the garden - c. 7 feet deep - but unlikely to be from that spoil in view of the depth of discovery in undisturbed ground.