Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: University College of Wales Museum,Aberystwyth,lent by Rev. Evans of Gryfytty Cynvyn,Not in National Museum of Wales, presumably returned to lender when rest of collection handed over to National Museum of Wales in 1847
Site: wales,ceredigion (formerly cardiganshire),cwm rheidol,yspytty-cynvyn? near
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 151
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 309
Patina: Cleaned off.
Surface: Pitted.
Composition: Copper 85.88; Tin 23.54; Lead .07; Nickel .56; Zinc .10; Silicon .16; Sulphur .05; Iron, Arsenic, Antimony, Biomuth, etc. NIL
Other: Width: butt 22mm; centre 26mm; edge 57mm,Thickness: center 29mm; 4mm
Description: Butt slightly damaged.
Publications: A. R. Sansbury, Tr. Cards. A. S. VII, 81-2 fg.