Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum 92. 9-1 311
Site: England, dorset,castle hill,dorchester,lat: 112.
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Dorchester
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SY 69 90
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 157
Edge (mm): 62
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 379
Patina: Brown.
Surface: Pitted
Composition: Bronze
Other: 2 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Loop is intact.,V shape is a raised ornamentation tapers about halfway down face of blade.,Blowhole in stop ridge on one side extending a little ways into blade.,Flanges end about halfway up septum.,Butt slightly worn, appears to be a crack on one side.,Edge crescent shaped, slightly flared.
Description: incrusted, strong side & stop ridges. V shape portion below stop ridges.
Remarks: AOK,CI