Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: J.A. Patterson, Esq.,The Junction,Guilford Road,Farnham
Site: England, hampshire,nursling,patterson's gravel pit,1/4 miles ne of nursling church,while digging for gravel,january 1931
Discovery context: gravel extraction
Parish: Nursling
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1931
Length (mm): 147
Width (mm): 20
Edge (mm): 54
Thickness (mm): 21
Weight (g): 227
Patina: Rich green patina, mostly rubbed off, exposing yellow metal
Surface: Slightly pitted, especially on one face.
Other: Width: butt 20mm; centre 22mm; edge 54mm,Thickness: centre 21mm; 8mm,Weight: 8 oz. = 226.796gms
Description: Edge badly dented; one flange slightly bent; dent on one side of blade
Remarks: The surface of the field contains quantities of fire-injured flints, and a [?gone] of such flints is traceable about 2 ft. below the surface;  a few rudely-worked flints have been picked up on the surface.