Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Henty, Mrs. - Private (1927),Ferring, Sussex,possibly now in Worthing Museum,3658,as Unprovenanced
Site: England, sussex (west),ferring,highdown hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Ferring
County: East Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 092; 043
Year of discovery: 1902
Length (mm): 123
Composition: Bronze
Description: Circumstances: "Bronze palstave dug up at Highdown in 1902 and now in the possession of Mrs. Henty of Ferring" (a) - dated 4/1/27,"In 1902 Mr. Henty found other bronze objects...other palstaves. No record seems to have been kept of these later finds which are preserved at Ferring" (a),Context: 7b. Group,Typology: Apparently stumps of broken loop; marked constriction of blade just below stop; thick butt
Publications: Goodman's 'Highdown' MS, p.97, 487 (Worthing Reference Library)
Remarks: Archive: AFI,PRBAF: DF:C; SI,Ext. CI,Rec. Sn, Nov. 78,Source: R