Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Hampshire Co. Mus. Service,Ex-Zillwood, Mr. M.A. - private (no. 1),52 Porteous Crescent, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Site: England, hampshire,minstead,clay hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Minstead
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 287 118
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 149
Edge (mm): 24
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 437
Surface: Dull green patina, slightly shiny, intact over much; scattered pocking and lumpy corr.; pale bluey-green - concentrated one side esp.; broken edge and butt surfaces similar pale green dusty surface.
Associations: 7a Area Find.
Description: Dimensions: EL 149mm; Wbt 24.2mm; Bfg 29mm; Blp 5.4mm; minBst. 27.1mm; Tsep 8.6mm,Wt. 437.2 gms,Typology: central raised ridge on blade flanked at top by triangular hollows - not wholly sym.; where preserved fg and st. crests flattened neatly; blade sides neatly shaped to double facet; rounded step-angles and sub-sect. end; shallowness of loop orig. feature; traces of three ribs in sep end - one more prom.; 2 or 3 in rev. sep.,Manufacture: dimpling od parts of fg. sides and lower blade - prob. from cg.; curved flow lines/ripples across seps; small stumps of cg. fls on haft sides - fully removed to bevel on bl.; remnant of e. bev. on largest part of bl,Condition. While of edge and butt end product of corr. damage - pale green dusty surfaces; 3 fg crests with variable corr. dam - prob only one significantly reduced; loop form lost; gmks prob. all recent,Attached Material: yellowy soil matrix in small patches.