Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Norris, Mr. N.E.S - Private (WB No. 1),"Wayside", 20 Withdean Road, Brighton
Site: England, sussex,hove,west blatchington,henfield way,1947-9
Parish: Hove
County: East Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 276,070
Year of discovery: 1947
Length (mm): 135
Width (mm): 49
Patina: V. dark brown patina largely intact few small areas flaked to coppery brown; areas of vivid green surface
Surface: Much of edge dented and lost through corrosion, also parts of flanges,Coated in wax?
Associations: Hoard
Description: Decorated at top of blade faces with five short ribs seperated by four furrows; one face with middle rib off-centre; reverse central-flanked by 2 broad furrows then two narrow; hammermarks on lower blade; blade-tip hollows; traces of casting flash
Publications: Norris A. Burstow, 1950, 9-11, fig. 2.
Remarks: SN, Nov 77,PI; AFI