Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Manchester Museum,L 50.,Bought of G.C. Yates.
Site: Ireland,Co Kildare,Kildare
Parish: Kildare
County: Kildare
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 107.5
Width (mm): middle 28; butt 22.5
Edge (mm): 46.5
Thickness (mm): 31.5; 28; 27; 7.5
Weight (g): 240.97
Patina: very dark dull browny green.
Surface: smooth. Traces of red gravel.
Description: This implement seems to have "moved" in casting. Originally there was a raised shield below the stop. Middle of edge is flattened.