Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1926,Dr. T. W. Graves, Bucknell R.S.O.,Shropshire,Bought from William Morgan, Felindre Rads. Aged 75, the son of the finder.
Site: England, shropshire,bettws-y-crwyn,about 1856,when digging holes for fencing posts (depth unknown)
Parish: Bettws-Y-Crwyn
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1856
Length (mm): 147
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 52
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 361
Patina: Dark brown and green patina mottled, showing golden bronze. Glossy green on septum and in middle.
Other: Width: edge 52mm; middle 25mm; butt 19mm,Thickness: 9mm; 31mm; 3mm,Weight: 361.46 gms
Associations: Found with another at Bryn Shop. SE of Castle Bryn Amburg
Description: (approximate septum),Well preserved. Cast marks. Sharp edge, signs of much re-grinding. Decoration below stop is worn.
Publications: Shrops. Arch. Trans. 1927, 4th Series, XI, Misc.
Remarks: The other implement was larger but shape is forgotten. Present location unknown.