Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,Evans Collection, 1927-2681
Site: England, oxfordshire,dorchester (near)
Parish: Dorchester
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 140
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): 6
Weight (g): 363
Patina: Dull brown patina
Other: Width: edge 60mm; centre 25mm; butt 24mm,Thickness: centre 6mm; 28mm,Weight: 362.75 gms
Description: Wings incurving to form shield on faces. Slight lateral stop where blade springs from butt. Butt imperfect.
Publications: Evans, Anc. Br. Imps., p.78