Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester City Museum; 263.9,Previously in the possession successively of the late Mr. W.J. Andrew and  his widow the late Mrs. H.E. Tilling and bequeathed by her to the museum in 1955.
Site: England, hampshire,otterbourne,in a sand pit south of poles lane
Parish: Otterbourne
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 143
Edge (mm): 54
Thickness (mm): 25
Patina: Dark green on on the small areas of original surface which survive.,Brown/bright green, poor
Surface: Very rough because the original surface has largely been destroyed by corrosion.
Other: Length: 5 5/8" = 142.875 mm,Width: 2 1/8" at splay of blade = 53.975mm,Thickness: 1" = 25.4mm
Description: The edge of the butt has been broken, but a small section remains complete. There is an oval depression on each face just below the stop-ridge, one being more pronounced than the other.
Remarks: F.V. Lyall,Inacc. see new index