Object: Double Looped Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum,76; 8 12;1,Given by W. Edkins Esq. 1876
Site: England, somerset,cheddar valley,in making gwr line,1868
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Cheddar
County: Somerset
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1868
Length (mm): 165
Width (mm): 32
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 406
Patina: Dark green, some red metal shows.
Surface: Rough
Other: Width: edge 41mm; middle 32mm; butt 21mm,Thickness: 8mm; 32mm,Weight: 406.21 gms
Description: Butt and points (edge) much worn. Wide raised rib beneath stop.
Publications: Antiq. Journ., XVII, 64 and fg 2 (phots),"Antr. of Somerset" (Dobson), p. 86.,Evans. 96
Remarks: Inacc.