Object: Palstave Chisel
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 83.8-2.10
Site: England,Sussex,Bignor,Westburton Hill,1846
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Bignor
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 98 14
Year of discovery: 1846
Length (mm): 158
Width (mm): 16
Edge (mm): 28
Thickness (mm): 20
Weight (g): 186
Patina: Yellow
Surface: Slightly pitted.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: butt 16mm; blade 28mm
Associations: Perhaps influenced by Narrow type of Nordic Palstave.
Description: Surface worn, "V" shape indentation with centre rib below stop ridge. Slight vertical rib on butt.,Rib castin sock on both sides. Warbutron Down near Bigmor, Sussec, 1846 while digging. Rev. J. Beck.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Antiq. 2nd Series, Vol. IV, p. 442.158
Remarks: New drawing available.