Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carribrooke Museum,3.C.,acquired from the Ryde Museum,1915.6
Site: England, isle of wight,ryde,st. john's park,found in laying the foundation of leavington house,1858
Discovery context: building work 
Parish: Ryde
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1858
Length (mm): 160
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 54
Thickness (mm): 26
Weight (g): 406
Other: Width: edge 54mm; centre 24mm,Thickness: centre 26mm; 9mm
Associations: It is part of a hoard of 12; the present abode of three of them is uncertain.
Description: A prominent ridge down the centre of the blade.
Publications: Lockhart, C., Guide to the Isle of Wight (1870), p. 36.,Wilkins, Dr., History of the Isle of Wight (1859), p. 52.