Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester Museum,Dale Collection No. 18,Stolen from Winchester Museum before Jan. 1937,Not yet recovered (May 1939).
Site: England, hampshire,southampton,pear tree green,2 ft. deep,1898
Parish: Southampton
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1898
Length (mm): 157
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 55
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 347
Patina: Apple green patina rubbed off in places showing light green surface.
Surface: Much corroded and butt chipped.
Other: Width: edge 55mm; middle 25mm; butt 22mm,Thickness: 8mm; 29mm,Weight: 347.28 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard of 41 or more palstaves. 2 in B.M.
Description: Broken in centre and mended.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. XVII, 1898,Proc. H.F.C., 1898