Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Shrewsbury Museum,No. 31,donor Rev. Canon Newling (before 1881)
Site: locality unknown,purchased at an auction in lichfield.
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 153
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 404
Patina: Dark greenish grey.
Surface: Rough, golden bronze shows.
Other: Width: edge 60mm; middle 23mm; butt 24mm,Thickness: 29mm; 9mm,Weight: 403.96 gms
Description: At A on one side is a hole 5mm in diameter and the part under the stop ridge appears to be hollow. Iron stains at B. Raised cross piece at CD.
Publications: Shrops. Arch. Trans. V (1st S) 1882