Object: PALSTAVE
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: {Mr. O.C. Powell, Willox Bridge, Allensmore, Herefordshire} Formerly. now -> Hereford Museum & Art Gallery Acc. No. 6742
Site: herefordshire,tram inn station
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: NG. Ref. SO 463333
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 167
Patina: Golden brown, much chipped and damaged.
Other: Uncertain on Geolocation Accuracy.,Measurements originally listed in decimeters. Width measurement almost certainly at blade.,3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Shield ornamentation (hollow?) below stop.,Stop somewhat pronounced, especially on blade side.,Flanges widest point slightly above stop, then taper almost all the way to butt?,Septum floor very slightly concave.,Blade widens quite significantly as it gets closer to edge.,Edge tips flared, edge quite crescent-shaped.
Description: Slight triangular hollows forward of stops. Blade considerably battered.
Remarks: J F Howard.