Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1923,Major W.R. Moseley, Buildwas Abbey,Ironbridge, Salop.
Site: England, shropshire,buildwas (possibly)
Parish: Buildwas
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 160
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 58
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 382
Patina: Worn grey green patina with patches of brown crust on which the ornamentation is preserved on the side not shown.
Other: Width: edge 58mm; middle 24mm; butt 21mm,Thickness: 8mm; 30mm,Weight: 381.81 gms
Associations: this has been in the possession of the Moseley family for probably at least 100 years and was probably found in the near neighborhood. Possibly found at the same time (1795) as the sword,palstave and socketed celt from the south bank of the Severn (Buildwas Bridge) - but the surface of these is good and the colour dissimilar to this specimen.
Description: Portion filed away at A.