Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Earl of Selborne,Blackmoor. Petersfield. Hants.,1923
Site: England, hampshire,selborne,found in garden of blackmoor house
Discovery context: gardening 
Parish: Selborne
District: East Hampshire
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 165
Edge (mm): 70
Thickness (mm): 27
Weight (g): 435
Patina: dark green patina & light green carbonate
Other: Grid reference SU 73 SE?,2 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Shield ornamentation below stop?,Butt damage may be notch?,Stop ridge appears possibly dented or hammered, relatively shallow stop.,Edge chipped.
Associations: Other objects found in the garden were Iron age weapons & Roman remains
Description: Good condition except butt edge.
Publications: White. Gilbert: Nat. Hist. of Selborne. Macmillan 1877. Vol II page 253.