Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester Museum,Dale Collection (17),Stolen from Winchester Museum before Jan. 1937.,Not yet recovered (May 1939).
Site: England, hampshire,southampton,pear tree green,2 ft. down,1898
Parish: Southampton
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1898
Length (mm): 157
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 39
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 319
Patina: Dark bluish green patina, light green showing through.
Surface: Corroded in places - mud adhering.
Other: Length: 156.5mm,Width: edge 39mm; middle 23mm; butt 21mm,Thickness: 7mm; 28mm,Weight: 318.93 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard of 31 or more palstaves.
Description: Butt is chipped. Broken in centre and mended.