Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Newark-on-Trent Municipal Museum,Accession no: 790-1,Presented to the Museum by Mr. William Bradley, from his collection of antiquities, in 1912.
Site: England, lincolnshire,claypole,found c. 1912 on the east bank of the river witham at claypole about 300 yards north of the bridge where shire lane crosses the river.
Discovery context: river
Parish: Claypole
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SK 842491
Year of discovery: 1912
Length (mm): 159
Edge (mm): 70
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 454
Patina: No patina.
Surface: Smooth, blackish surface, rather scratched, showing metal clearly; deeper scratches on face of blade, and pitting at top of palstave shown on drawing.
Other: Length: 6 1/4" = 158.75mm,Width: 2 3/4" at cutting edge = 69.85mm,Thickness: 1 1/8" at widest point = 28.575mm,Weight: 1 lb = 453.592 gms
Associations: Unassociated find.
Description: Loopless palstave with concave sided blade extension, and a flat ledge as stop ridge level with flanges. The stop ridges are continued on the blade face as short marginal ribs meeting in the centre of each blade face below the stop ridge to form a [trident]. Slight central ridge continued down centre of each face to chamfered cutting edge. Casting seam prominent on both sides. Cutting edge damaged.
Publications: Unpublished.
Remarks: Compiled Sept. 1957,F. Waters,Au[...] Smith [?] Curator