Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ralph Hotchkin, Melksham Court, Gloucs.,Sold at Sotheby's May 27, 1936,Lot 130
Site: England, lincolnshire,low toynton
Discovery context: auction
Parish: Low Toynton
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 162
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 44
Thickness (mm): 40
Weight (g): 510
Patina: Brown patina
Surface: Very smooth
Other: Width: butt 23mm; edge 44mm,Thickness: at stop ridge 40mm,Weight: 18oz. = 510.291 gms
Description: Three converging ribs on each face of blade; mould marks visible between butt and stop-ridge, but filed down. considerable chip out of cutting edge. Good casting.
Remarks: (May 18, 1936). On butt a paper label "Celt from low Toyston: Recd. Mr. Hotchkin