Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Oakham Museum,O.S. 378,formerly in collection of V.B. Crouther-Beynor
Site: England, nottinghamshire
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 124
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 6
Surface: Small areas of dark green patina; rest flaked to uneven pale to dull green surface. lp. probably broken in ant.; but also some gold traces on ends, as on other crests and c.e.; edge recently sharpened; cuts thr. midrib etc. - recent or ancient? parts of rev. flanges lost through corrosion.
Other: Site: unspecified location in Nottinghamshire - geolocation not accurate to 10 kms
Description: Dimensions: Length 123.5mm; Width; c.e. 41mm; MaxTsep 6.3mm; MaxEBfg 22.5mm; Tst 25mm,Rounded midrib running down to trs of e. bev.; rib passes through shield-shaped hollow below stop, loop off-centre; hollow beside lp. on one side of cg. fl.; hint of cg. fl in sides; small hollow at ends of sep; rounded sep. floors
Remarks: Label: white ink: NOTTS.; white ink: B.3.; black ink: O.S.378,PI, CI, SI,SN July '78