Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge.,Bronzes 77 (this no. is wrong) no should be found in a volume entitled "Museum of Archaeology." Cambridge Antiquarian Society
Site: England, cambridgeshire,swaffham fen,1855
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Swaffham
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1855
Length (mm): 140
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 345
Patina: Many shades of dull green and some dull brown.
Surface: Very corroded and rough.
Other: Width; edge 48mm; middle 25mm; butt 27mm,Thickness: 10mm; 29.5mm
Description: High stop ridge. There is a slight boss on either side just below stop ridge. Perhaps this specimen was once ornamented with a shield shape.