Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Shrewsbury Museum,Presented by R.E. Clarke (Solicitor),Swan Hill, Shrewsbury,(after 1881)
Site: England, shropshire,myndtown,asterton,prolley moor (prolimoor),in the valley below the partway, which runs along the top of the longmynd.
Parish: Myndtown
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 141
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 59
Thickness (mm): 36
Weight (g): 443
Patina: Over grey green with a lavender hue, as oxidised silver, golden bronze shows slightly..
Surface: Seems to have been covered with a smooth yellowish brown patina which remains in patches (shaded).
Composition: Cu 85.64; Sn 14.20; Pb 0.02; Fe 0.04; As trace; Ag 0.03: 99.93
Other: Width: edge 59mm; middle 24mm; butt 24mm,Thickness: 36mm; 10mm,Weight: 442.96 gms
Associations: Similar in condition to Flat Celt from Asterton P.M. with which it was probably found, as both were obtained by Mr. Clarke from the late Mr. Wilkes of Prolley Moor. Exact site unrecorded. Might have been found when Prolley Moor, a wide valley below the Longmynd was drained and cultivated 1852-9.
Description: Very shallow blow holes at stop.
Remarks: VIII.67 Found by E.J. Bowen (b 1869) about 1891-2 in enclosing the Moor Fold (common) for his father's holding, Fir Tree Farm, above Asterton Prolley Moor. Corroded onto top of stop rep of a square, found when digging a post-hole.