Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Reading Museum,368:57,Backhouse Collection
Site: Co. Kildare,Ireland
County: County Kildare
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Patina: Patchy - dark green and brown.
Surface: Very good, smoothed on faces near cutting edge.
Composition: Bronze
Description: Wide wings and stop ridge. Pronounced mould marks on both sides.