Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: R.J. Christian, Jeweller,,21 Bailey Street, Owestry,Drawn 9th Oct. 1928, L.F.C.
Site: England, shropshire,knockin,not from the site of the castle
Parish: Knockin
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 139
Width (mm): 29
Edge (mm): 66
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 461
Patina: Fairly lustrous patina, thick liver brown, much damaged; dark green under brown on edge.
Surface: Severely filed to show golden bronze metal and grey-green core.
Composition: Bronze.
Other: Width: edge 66mm; across stop 29mm; below butt 25mm,Thickness: at ridge 30mm; Weight: 16.25 oz = 460.680 gms
Description: Blow-holes where septum meets ridge. Max. breadth of wings 38mm. Edge strongly recurved, sharp, and somewhat chipped. Secondary edge traceable. Well-developed stop-ridge. Shield on faces. Stops on sides forming cross with ridge of juncture, rubbed down. Butt fractured anciently.
Publications: Shrops. Arch. Times. 1929
Remarks: Closely similar in type and size to Ashton Bolley Moor palstave (par. Wentmor) in Shrewsbury Museum.