Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Wales 44.172/2
Site: wales,montgomeryshire,p. mallwyd,(cemmaes),mynydd tal-y-glannan
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 165
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): 29
Other: Width: edge 60+mm; middle 22+mm; butt 15+mm
Associations: Part of hoard of 19+ palstaves (others in possession of Col. Norton, Welshpool and Chester Museum)
Description: In badly corroded condition, butt badly damaged, loop gone, a few patches of original dark brownish-green patina as in other palstaves of Cemmaes Hoard.
Publications: PW, No. 530,AC 1902, p. 240; 1958,BBCS, 1934, p. 334; 1935, pp96f
Remarks: This implement, formerly in Glenn Coll., bears label 'Bronze Palstave... Found Cowis Mont.'