Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford - Evans Colln. 1927.2582.,(W.P. Hooper, Ross) -
Site: England, herefordshire,much marcle,oldbury hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Much Marcle
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 147
Edge (mm): 50
Weight (g): 336.85
Patina: Dark green patina, a little worn.
Surface: pitted
Other: Grid reference appears to be - SO 63206 32563,3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Trident appears much more crisply made in Evan's fig than in drawing.,Stop fairly well pronounced, very short side ridges below stop.,Flanges taper to septum just below butt.,Loop is intact and is quite long. Centred a bit below stop.,Edge tips flared, edge fairly crescent shaped.
Description: Trident on faces below ridge. Blade notched at edge.
Publications: Evans, Anc. Br. hups, p. 90, Fig. 78.