Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carisbrooke Museum,26
Site: England, isle of wight,near fairlee?,found during the construction of the newport and ryde railway.
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Fairlee
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 154
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 55
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 401
Other: Length: 153.5mm,Width: edge 55mm; centre 25.5mm,Thickness: 30mm; 8.5mm
Associations: Part of a hoard of 31 palstaves, weighing altogether 10,304 gms.
Description: Much oxidised and damaged.