Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Nicklen,Mr. R. - Private,Charing Cross, Alderholt, Fordingbridge, Hants.
Site: England, dorset,alderholt
Parish: Alderholt
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 1075 1191
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 122
Width (mm): 21
Edge (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): 18
Weight (g): 218
Surface: Lower hald of one sep. with intact dark green patina; rest pock-scarred dull to pale green dry surface; dark brown with gold flecks on short blade tip; one fg. with bright gold stretch - mod. filing, others with odd gold fleck.
Associations: 7a. Area Find
Description: Dimensions: EL 121.5mm; EWe 43.3mm; EBfg. 20.7mm; minTst 17.8mm; maxTsep 6mm; Wt. 218.8 gms,Typology: single reasonably intact flange suggests broad loaf-shape; sep. floors almost flat crisp singles not fgs., rounded ends slightly undercutting step; slight constriction at bl. top, but no evidence for bars on sides; indication of shield rib design on blade faces - v. weak; lower blade into convex faces - poss. orig. midridge; 2 short ribs in base of one sep.,Manufacture: strong edge bevel but now diffuse due to deterioration; hints of cg. fl. in corroded surface; skewed cross-section probably due to mis-located values of mould,Condition: blade edge totally blunt; one blade tip short, rounded with no obvious break - possibly original form or anc. and/or corrosion wear; reverse fgs. very irregular with evidence for breaks - as also one obvious fg. with fractured part; all butt end broken.,Attached Material: Fawn soil in sep. and pocks
Remarks: Metallurgy - Analyst: Craddock - Res. Lab. XRF determination - good tin - bronze with little lead (perhaps (1-2%)