Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Lukis Museum, St. Peter Port, Guernsey.
Site: Ireland
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 77
Width (mm): edge 41; middle 24; butt 25
Thickness (mm): 7; 29
Weight (g): 123.72
Patina: dark grey.
Surface: very pitted
Composition: Copper 89.38 + Tin 9.18 + Iron 0.34 + Sulphur 0.24 = 99.14
Description: Faint remains of a design. There is a circular hole in septum, about 7mm deep, this does not pass completely through. Edge is very uneven.
Publications: Quarterly journal Chemical Society, Vol. 4.