Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Maidstone Museum,given by Mr. G. Smeed.
Site: England, Kent, murston, near sittingbourne,1864
Parish: Richborough
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1864
Length (mm): 135
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 361
Patina: Only a little light green patina extending about 12mm from edge on each side.
Surface: Very rough and heavily encrusted.
Other: Width: edge 60mm; centre 26mm; butt 22mm,Thickness: 29mm; 9mm,Weight: 361.45 gms
Publications: R.F. Jessup, 'Kent', 259