Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Herts County Museum, St. Albans,Capt. Ball Collection
Site: Ireland,Down,Currodore Bog
Discovery context: bog
Parish: Currodore
County: County Down
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 107
Width (mm): edge 52.5; middle 33.5; butt 30
Thickness (mm): 4; 30.5
Weight (g): 304.77
Patina: remains of patina dark green & blackish; reddy brown patches on one side; golden bronze shows. On reverse of blade, from stop, to near the edge, is a bluish black metallic covering like a patina.
Surface: smooth, pitted, a few surface holes