Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: J.G. Barnett Esq., Rednal, Bromsgrove,Acquired from Ireland 1921
Site: Ireland,C. Cork
County: County Cork
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 125
Edge (mm): 47
Weight (g): 273
Patina: dark bronze; no green patination
Surface: smooth from the mould
Composition: Bronze
Other: On diagram says "The shoulder is not exaggerated. See  note" & "No. 98; E.C Middleton, Hardwick Rd, Streetly 23.12.21"
Description: This is the only cored palstave I have yet sketched in which the the [sic] hole through the centre has been drilled. I suggest the septum has been "cored out" in some unusual way - which may make the drilling a necessity. I do not think the palstave would "leave" the mould had the hole been cast.
Remarks: "Bronze Age Palstave 55 Co Cork" inscribed on label