Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,Evans Coll., 1927-2584,(W.P. Hooper, Ross).
Site: England, herefordshire,weston-under-penyard (near ross)
Parish: Weston-under-penyard (near Ross)
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 162
Edge (mm): 66
Weight (g): 556.35
Patina: Dull brown
Composition: Hammered edge. Butt flattened & blunted by hammering,Shield on faces. Lateral stops
Other: 3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Shield device is rather large, somewhat hollow in centre with raised curved rib outside.,Lateral bumps (widening of blade) just below stop.,Stop floor angular, obtuse angle to septum.,Flanges fairly intact run all the way to butt.,Edge crescent shaped, blade widens more sharply at edge bevel.
Publications: Evans, Anc. Br. hmps. p. 78.