Object: PALSTAVE
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Dorchester Museum. 1884.9.3
Site: dorset,fontmell magna,fontmell down
Parish: Fontmell Magna
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: ST 87 17
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 175
Edge (mm): 78
Other: Very little info on card.,3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Butt rounded or damaged.,Flanges slightly decayed, taper a bit below butt.,3 very short ribs on septum just above stop.,Very slight blowhole into septum/stop on one side.,Casting marks visible on lateral face, very wavy near flanges (casting flaw?),Chisel or file marks? angled inward towards casting marks on lateral face.,Top of trident ornamentation (2 ribs angled inward towards a 3rd midrib) just below stop.  Either just a triangular ornament or rest of midrib on blade face has been lost.,Edge very crescent shaped.  Large portion of edge missing at centre.,Possible side ridges? extending below stop to edge bevel.