Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum 75; 2 - 11; 1
Site: England, shropshire,shrewsbury
Parish: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 155
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 63
Thickness (mm): 34
Weight (g): 461
Patina: Brown
Surface: Rough
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: butt 22mm; blade 63mm
Description: Strong side and stop ridges, filling hole. Slight indentation below stop ridges, rough casting.
Remarks: Inacc.,One of 1 1/2 cwt: melted down at Shrewsbury 1858. Given by J. M. Foster, F.S.A.