Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carisbrooke Museum,9
Site: England, isle of wight,near fairlee?,found during the construction of the newport and ryde railway
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Fairlee
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 157
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 24
Weight (g): 386
Other: Width: edge 47.5mm; centre 24.5mm,Thickness: 24mm; 6mm
Associations: Part of a hoard of 31 palstaves, weighing altogether 10,304 gms
Description: Much oxidised and damaged.