Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1923,15/11-2-04,Major H. Powell Colton,Quex Park, Birchington
Site: England, Kent, birchington (near),southend brickfield at a spot approx. 200 feet from west corner of girls' national school + 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): 169
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 62
Thickness (mm): 23
Weight (g): 463
Patina: Dark grey green beneath encrustment.
Surface: Rough. Heavily encrusted on one side and much less on the other.
Other: Width: edge 62mm; middle 27mm; butt 17mm,Thickness: 23mm; 10mm; 22mm; 25mm; 9.5mm,Weight: 463.05 gms
Associations: One of a hoard of 14 Palstaves found in an Earthen Bowl.
Description: Iron marked.
Publications: Ant. Journ. IV. 3.,R.F. Jessup, 'Kent' 100, 252