Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Norris, Mr. N.E.S - Private (W.B. no. 2),"Wayside", 20 Withdean Road, Brighton
Site: England, sussex,hove,west blatchington,henfield way,1947-9
Parish: Hove
County: East Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 276,070
Year of discovery: 1947
Length (mm): 134
Width (mm): 34
Patina: V. dark brown patina largely in tact; few areas flaked to coppery brown; occasional scattered pocks - light green
Surface: most of edge lost due to flaking; construction at top of loop - possible wear,Coated in wax?
Associations: Hoard
Description: Plain black faces - one v. slight dent in centre of one blade top - punchmark rather than decoration; hammermarks on lower blade; slight blade tip hollows; longitudinal shallow furrow in middle of septums - hammered prob; rough broken patch in centre of flat butt-end; traces of casting flash on reverse side and on loop.
Publications: Norris A Burstow, 1950, 9-11, fig 2
Remarks: SN, Nov. 77,PI, AFI