Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge,(purchased)
Site: England, cambridgeshire,stretham,little thetford,half acre farm,(w. creek)
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Stretham
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 164
Width (mm): 28
Edge (mm): 70
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 490
Patina: Dull black patina and a little dark brown.
Surface: Rather deeply pitted and corroded.
Other: Width: edge 70mm; middle 28mm; butt 26.5mm,Thickness: 29mm; 11mm
Description: Low stop ridge + shield shaped ornament below stop.  Very true and nicely finished.
Publications: Annual Records Catalogue, 1901, 148