Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Reg. No. 97.7.6., Purchased., Dupe.
Site: England,  devon, (moretonhampstead). (=bovey tracey), plumley, the estate of wm. harris, esq. 1836., found by workmen removing boulders.
County: Devon
Country: England
Grid reference: SX 808791
Year of discovery: 1836
Length (mm): 167
Edge (mm): 65
Weight (g): 485
Patina: Green
Surface: Encrusted
Composition: Bronze
Other: 2 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse., Loop is intact, Surface pitted?, Flanges widen above stop, then taper about halfway through septum towards butt. Flange avulsed on one side nearer to butt., Long, pointed midrib running down face of blade on both sides, widens to triangular shape just below stop.
Associations: One other surviving, reg. no. 4214., 4 similar implements found under one boulder, and 4 under another, all in upright position. Not far from site are remains of 6 stone circles.
Description: Bronze palstave with stop-ridge and loop.
Publications: Archaeological Journal, vol. ix, p 186 and vol. xxiv p. 119.