Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology Ethnology, Cambridge,Labels:,Foster Bequest 17 (+19) 19 is correct (Cat. No.),Prehistoric Bronzes 40. Cat. lost.,Borlase Collection 110. "Found near Crooksbury Hill in Surrey. See Illustrated London News middle one: CD",June 27, 1857,Whinister Sun, see his [Gazette?])
Site: England, surrey,crooksbury near farnham,crooksbury hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Crooksbury
County: Surrey
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 127
Width (mm): 30
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 326
Other: Width: edge 45mm; middle at loop 29.5mm; butt 24mm,Thickness: 30mm; 11mm
Description: Triangular shield shaped ornament below the stop ridge and a vertical rib passing through. Badly defined. Loop bent. There is a pocket on each side under each point of the cutting edge.