Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Lewes, Sx. A.S.Museum,B.1(1),Presented by W. Harvey
Site: englang,sussex,waldron,little london,1856
Parish: Waldron
County: East Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 569,195
Year of discovery: 1856
Length (mm): 139
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 54
Thickness (mm): 7
Surface: Shiny dark brown to golden brown surface - ? p.; very little speckled light green surface; edge blunt - possibly original- never sharpened; much of fgs; esp. on one face, broken; parts edge and blade tip chipped; ? lacquered
Other: Length: 139.2mm,Width: EWr 54.0; E.T.st. 26.2; Max T sep. 7.3
Associations: Hoard
Description: long central rib on blade faces flanked by single shorter ribs, which do not appear to converge on the former; stumps of loop - possible miscast; butt top broken sur. possibly from manufacture; sl. hollow at base of one sep.; no evidence for e. bev or hammermarks on bl.; sl. traces of cg. fl.; probably same mould/pattern as B.1 (2) 4 (3)
Remarks: Loose label: "Hoard of five bronze palstaves found together at Little London, Waldron, Sussex in 1856, by W. Harvey, F.S.A...",Reg: "from Little London, Waldron, 1856",SN May 78,PI; AFI;CI; SI