Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Maidstone Museum
Site: England, Kent, maidstone,off fant lane,found in dredging away a shelf in bed of r. medway (? an old ford).
Parish: Richborough
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 166
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 74
Thickness (mm): 25
Weight (g): 425
Patina: Dark brown patina, chemically removed in places, exposing golden colour of metal on edges.
Surface: Has a rippled effect, excentuated by cleaning off of patina, especially on blade.
Other: Width: edge 74mm; at ridge 24.5mm; butt 18mm,Weight: 15 oz. = 425.243 gms
Publications: R.F. Jessup, 'Kent', 258